2925e1384c
Includes adding support for additional size input suffix Mi and MiB, treated equivalent to M. Extends binary suffix output with letter i, e.g. Ki and Mi. Centralizes creation of bit/byte unit strings.
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59 lines
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---
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title: "rclone delete"
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description: "Remove the files in path."
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slug: rclone_delete
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url: /commands/rclone_delete/
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/delete/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone delete
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Remove the files in path.
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## Synopsis
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Remove the files in path. Unlike `purge` it obeys include/exclude
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filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
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`rclone delete` only deletes files but leaves the directory structure
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alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use
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the `purge` command.
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If you supply the `--rmdirs` flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it.
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You can also use the separate command `rmdir` or `rmdirs` to
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delete empty directories only.
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For example, to delete all files bigger than 100 MiByte, you may first want to check what
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would be deleted (use either):
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rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path
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rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path
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Then proceed with the actual delete:
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rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path
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That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MiB", hence
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delete all files bigger than 100 MiByte.
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**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
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`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i` flag.
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```
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rclone delete remote:path [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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-h, --help help for delete
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--rmdirs rmdirs removes empty directories but leaves root intact
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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## SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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