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110 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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groups: Important,Filter,Listing
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versionIntroduced: v1.27
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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](/commands/rclone_purge/) it
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obeys include/exclude 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](/commands/rclone_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](/commands/rclone_rmdir/) or
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[rmdirs](/commands/rclone_rmdirs/) to delete empty directories only.
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For example, to delete all files bigger than 100 MiB, you may first want to
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check what 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 MiB.
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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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## Important Options
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Important flags useful for most commands.
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```
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-n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes
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-i, --interactive Enable interactive mode
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-v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
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```
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## Filter Options
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Flags for filtering directory listings.
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```
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--delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync
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--exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern
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--exclude-from stringArray Read file exclude patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--exclude-if-present stringArray Exclude directories if filename is present
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--files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--files-from-raw stringArray Read list of source-file names from file without any processing of lines (use - to read from stdin)
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-f, --filter stringArray Add a file filtering rule
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--filter-from stringArray Read file filtering patterns from a file (use - to read from stdin)
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--ignore-case Ignore case in filters (case insensitive)
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--include stringArray Include files matching pattern
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--include-from stringArray Read file include patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--max-age Duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
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--max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this (default -1)
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--max-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files smaller than this in KiB or suffix B|K|M|G|T|P (default off)
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--metadata-exclude stringArray Exclude metadatas matching pattern
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--metadata-exclude-from stringArray Read metadata exclude patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--metadata-filter stringArray Add a metadata filtering rule
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--metadata-filter-from stringArray Read metadata filtering patterns from a file (use - to read from stdin)
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--metadata-include stringArray Include metadatas matching pattern
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--metadata-include-from stringArray Read metadata include patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--min-age Duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
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--min-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files bigger than this in KiB or suffix B|K|M|G|T|P (default off)
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```
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## Listing Options
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Flags for listing directories.
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```
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--default-time Time Time to show if modtime is unknown for files and directories (default 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z)
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--fast-list Use recursive list if available; uses more memory but fewer transactions
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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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