--- date: 2016-11-06T10:15:46Z title: "rclone delete" slug: rclone_delete url: /commands/rclone_delete/ --- ## rclone delete Remove the contents of path. ### Synopsis Remove the contents of path. Unlike `purge` it obeys include/exclude filters so can be used to selectively delete files. Eg delete all files bigger than 100MBytes Check what would be deleted first (use either) rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path Then delete rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MB", hence delete all files bigger than 100MBytes. ``` rclone delete remote:path ``` ### Options inherited from parent commands ``` --acd-templink-threshold int Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G) --acd-upload-wait-per-gb duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s) --ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true) --b2-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M) --b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header. --b2-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 190.735M) --b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings. --bwlimit int Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G --checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8) -c, --checksum Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size --config string Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf") --contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s) --cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file --delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering --delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering --delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default) --delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync --drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user. Requires drive-full-list. --drive-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M) --drive-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg") --drive-full-list Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker. (obsolete) --drive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M) --drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. --dropbox-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 128M) -n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes --dump-auth Dump HTTP headers with auth info --dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info --dump-filters Dump the filters to the output --dump-headers Dump HTTP headers - may contain sensitive info --exclude string Exclude files matching pattern --exclude-from string Read exclude patterns from file --files-from string Read list of source-file names from file -f, --filter string Add a file-filtering rule --filter-from string Read filtering patterns from a file --ignore-existing Skip all files that exist on destination --ignore-size Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum. -I, --ignore-times Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files --include string Include files matching pattern --include-from string Read include patterns from file --log-file string Log everything to this file --low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10) --max-age string Don't transfer any file older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y --max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1) --max-size int Don't transfer any file larger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off) --memprofile string Write memory profile to file --min-age string Don't transfer any file younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y --min-size int Don't transfer any file smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off) --modify-window duration Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns) --no-check-certificate Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure. --no-gzip-encoding Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip. --no-traverse Don't traverse destination file system on copy. --no-update-modtime Don't update destination mod-time if files identical. -x, --one-file-system Don't cross filesystem boundaries. --onedrive-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M) --onedrive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB (default 10M) -q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible --retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3) --s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3 --s3-storage-class string Storage class to use when uploading S3 objects (STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA) --size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum --stats duration Interval to print stats (0 to disable) (default 1m0s) --swift-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G) --timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s) --transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4) -u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination. -v, --verbose Print lots more stuff ``` ### SEE ALSO * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.34-DEV ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 6-Nov-2016