--- date: 2019-02-09T10:42:18Z title: "rclone delete" slug: rclone_delete url: /commands/rclone_delete/ --- ## rclone delete Remove the contents of path. ### Synopsis Remove the files in path. Unlike `purge` it obeys include/exclude filters so can be used to selectively delete files. `rclone delete` only deletes objects but leaves the directory structure alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use `rclone purge` 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 [flags] ``` ### Options ``` -h, --help help for delete ``` ### Options inherited from parent commands ``` --acd-auth-url string Auth server URL. --acd-client-id string Amazon Application Client ID. --acd-client-secret string Amazon Application Client Secret. --acd-templink-threshold SizeSuffix Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G) --acd-token-url string Token server url. --acd-upload-wait-per-gb Duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s) --alias-remote string Remote or path to alias. --ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true) --auto-confirm If enabled, do not request console confirmation. --azureblob-access-tier string Access tier of blob: hot, cool or archive. --azureblob-account string Storage Account Name (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL) --azureblob-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size (<= 100MB). (default 4M) --azureblob-endpoint string Endpoint for the service --azureblob-key string Storage Account Key (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL) --azureblob-list-chunk int Size of blob list. (default 5000) --azureblob-sas-url string SAS URL for container level access only --azureblob-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (<= 256MB). (default 256M) --b2-account string Account ID or Application Key ID --b2-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M) --b2-disable-checksum Disable checksums for large (> upload cutoff) files --b2-endpoint string Endpoint for the service. --b2-hard-delete Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files. --b2-key string Application Key --b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header for debugging. --b2-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload. (default 200M) --b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings. --backup-dir string Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR. --bind string Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name. --box-client-id string Box App Client Id. --box-client-secret string Box App Client Secret --box-commit-retries int Max number of times to try committing a multipart file. (default 100) --box-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (>= 50MB). (default 50M) --buffer-size SizeSuffix In memory buffer size when reading files for each --transfer. (default 16M) --bwlimit BwTimetable Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable. --cache-chunk-clean-interval Duration How often should the cache perform cleanups of the chunk storage. (default 1m0s) --cache-chunk-no-memory Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming. --cache-chunk-path string Directory to cache chunk files. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend") --cache-chunk-size SizeSuffix The size of a chunk (partial file data). (default 5M) --cache-chunk-total-size SizeSuffix The total size that the chunks can take up on the local disk. (default 10G) --cache-db-path string Directory to store file structure metadata DB. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend") --cache-db-purge Clear all the cached data for this remote on start. --cache-db-wait-time Duration How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s) --cache-dir string Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone") --cache-info-age Duration How long to cache file structure information (directory listings, file size, times etc). (default 6h0m0s) --cache-plex-insecure string Skip all certificate verifications when connecting to the Plex server --cache-plex-password string The password of the Plex user --cache-plex-url string The URL of the Plex server --cache-plex-username string The username of the Plex user --cache-read-retries int How many times to retry a read from a cache storage. (default 10) --cache-remote string Remote to cache. --cache-rps int Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS (-1 to disable) (default -1) --cache-tmp-upload-path string Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded. --cache-tmp-wait-time Duration How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default 15s) --cache-workers int How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks. (default 4) --cache-writes Cache file data on writes through the FS --checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8) -c, --checksum Skip based on checksum (if available) & size, not mod-time & size --config string Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf") --contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s) -L, --copy-links Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item. --cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file --crypt-directory-name-encryption Option to either encrypt directory names or leave them intact. (default true) --crypt-filename-encryption string How to encrypt the filenames. (default "standard") --crypt-password string Password or pass phrase for encryption. --crypt-password2 string Password or pass phrase for salt. Optional but recommended. --crypt-remote string Remote to encrypt/decrypt. --crypt-show-mapping For all files listed show how the names encrypt. --delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transferring (default) --delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transferring --delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer --delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync --disable string Disable a comma separated list of features. Use help to see a list. --drive-acknowledge-abuse Set to allow files which return cannotDownloadAbusiveFile to be downloaded. --drive-allow-import-name-change Allow the filetype to change when uploading Google docs (e.g. file.doc to file.docx). This will confuse sync and reupload every time. --drive-alternate-export Use alternate export URLs for google documents export., --drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user. --drive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M) --drive-client-id string Google Application Client Id --drive-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret --drive-export-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg") --drive-formats string Deprecated: see export_formats --drive-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a service account. --drive-import-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for uploading Google docs. --drive-keep-revision-forever Keep new head revision of each file forever. --drive-list-chunk int Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000) --drive-pacer-burst int Number of API calls to allow without sleeping. (default 100) --drive-pacer-min-sleep Duration Minimum time to sleep between API calls. (default 100ms) --drive-root-folder-id string ID of the root folder --drive-scope string Scope that rclone should use when requesting access from drive. --drive-service-account-credentials string Service Account Credentials JSON blob --drive-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path --drive-shared-with-me Only show files that are shared with me. --drive-skip-gdocs Skip google documents in all listings. --drive-team-drive string ID of the Team Drive --drive-trashed-only Only show files that are in the trash. --drive-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M) --drive-use-created-date Use file created date instead of modified date., --drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true) --drive-v2-download-min-size SizeSuffix If Object's are greater, use drive v2 API to download. (default off) --dropbox-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. (< 150M). (default 48M) --dropbox-client-id string Dropbox App Client Id --dropbox-client-secret string Dropbox App Client Secret --dropbox-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a business account. -n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes --dump DumpFlags List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles --dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info --dump-headers Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info --exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern --exclude-from stringArray Read exclude patterns from file --exclude-if-present string Exclude directories if filename is present --fast-list Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions. --files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file -f, --filter stringArray Add a file-filtering rule --filter-from stringArray Read filtering patterns from a file --ftp-host string FTP host to connect to --ftp-pass string FTP password --ftp-port string FTP port, leave blank to use default (21) --ftp-user string FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER --gcs-bucket-acl string Access Control List for new buckets. --gcs-client-id string Google Application Client Id --gcs-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret --gcs-location string Location for the newly created buckets. --gcs-object-acl string Access Control List for new objects. --gcs-project-number string Project number. --gcs-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path --gcs-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing objects in Google Cloud Storage. --http-url string URL of http host to connect to --hubic-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G) --hubic-client-id string Hubic Client Id --hubic-client-secret string Hubic Client Secret --hubic-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload. --ignore-case Ignore case in filters (case insensitive) --ignore-checksum Skip post copy check of checksums. --ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors --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 --immutable Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified. --include stringArray Include files matching pattern --include-from stringArray Read include patterns from file --jottacloud-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash. --jottacloud-md5-memory-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this will be cached on disk to calculate the MD5 if required. (default 10M) --jottacloud-mountpoint string The mountpoint to use. --jottacloud-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating. --jottacloud-upload-resume-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this can be resumed if the upload fail's. (default 10M) --jottacloud-user string User Name: -l, --links Translate symlinks to/from regular files with a '.rclonelink' extension --local-no-check-updated Don't check to see if the files change during upload --local-no-unicode-normalization Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames (Deprecated) --local-nounc string Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows --log-file string Log everything to this file --log-format string Comma separated list of log format options (default "date,time") --log-level string Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE") --low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10) --max-age Duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off) --max-backlog int Maximum number of objects in sync or check backlog. (default 10000) --max-delete int When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1) --max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1) --max-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off) --max-transfer SizeSuffix Maximum size of data to transfer. (default off) --mega-debug Output more debug from Mega. --mega-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash. --mega-pass string Password. --mega-user string User name --memprofile string Write memory profile to file --min-age Duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off) --min-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files bigger 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 (unix/macOS only). --onedrive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to upload files with - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M) --onedrive-client-id string Microsoft App Client Id --onedrive-client-secret string Microsoft App Client Secret --onedrive-drive-id string The ID of the drive to use --onedrive-drive-type string The type of the drive ( personal | business | documentLibrary ) --onedrive-expose-onenote-files Set to make OneNote files show up in directory listings. --opendrive-password string Password. --opendrive-username string Username --pcloud-client-id string Pcloud App Client Id --pcloud-client-secret string Pcloud App Client Secret -P, --progress Show progress during transfer. --qingstor-access-key-id string QingStor Access Key ID --qingstor-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 4M) --qingstor-connection-retries int Number of connection retries. (default 3) --qingstor-endpoint string Enter a endpoint URL to connection QingStor API. --qingstor-env-auth Get QingStor credentials from runtime. Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank. --qingstor-secret-access-key string QingStor Secret Access Key (password) --qingstor-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 1) --qingstor-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M) --qingstor-zone string Zone to connect to. -q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible --rc Enable the remote control server. --rc-addr string IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572") --rc-cert string SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate) --rc-client-ca string Client certificate authority to verify clients with --rc-files string Path to local files to serve on the HTTP server. --rc-htpasswd string htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done --rc-key string SSL PEM Private key --rc-max-header-bytes int Maximum size of request header (default 4096) --rc-no-auth Don't require auth for certain methods. --rc-pass string Password for authentication. --rc-realm string realm for authentication (default "rclone") --rc-serve Enable the serving of remote objects. --rc-server-read-timeout duration Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s) --rc-server-write-timeout duration Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s) --rc-user string User name for authentication. --retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3) --retries-sleep duration Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) --s3-access-key-id string AWS Access Key ID. --s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects. --s3-bucket-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets. --s3-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 5M) --s3-disable-checksum Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata --s3-endpoint string Endpoint for S3 API. --s3-env-auth Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars). --s3-force-path-style If true use path style access if false use virtual hosted style. (default true) --s3-location-constraint string Location constraint - must be set to match the Region. --s3-provider string Choose your S3 provider. --s3-region string Region to connect to. --s3-secret-access-key string AWS Secret Access Key (password) --s3-server-side-encryption string The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3. --s3-session-token string An AWS session token --s3-sse-kms-key-id string If using KMS ID you must provide the ARN of Key. --s3-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing new objects in S3. --s3-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 4) --s3-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M) --s3-v2-auth If true use v2 authentication. --sftp-ask-password Allow asking for SFTP password when needed. --sftp-disable-hashcheck Disable the execution of SSH commands to determine if remote file hashing is available. --sftp-host string SSH host to connect to --sftp-key-file string Path to PEM-encoded private key file, leave blank or set key-use-agent to use ssh-agent. --sftp-key-file-pass string The passphrase to decrypt the PEM-encoded private key file. --sftp-key-use-agent When set forces the usage of the ssh-agent. --sftp-pass string SSH password, leave blank to use ssh-agent. --sftp-path-override string Override path used by SSH connection. --sftp-port string SSH port, leave blank to use default (22) --sftp-set-modtime Set the modified time on the remote if set. (default true) --sftp-use-insecure-cipher Enable the use of the aes128-cbc cipher. This cipher is insecure and may allow plaintext data to be recovered by an attacker. --sftp-user string SSH username, leave blank for current username, ncw --size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum --skip-links Don't warn about skipped symlinks. --stats duration Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s) --stats-file-name-length int Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 45) --stats-log-level string Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO") --stats-one-line Make the stats fit on one line. --stats-unit string Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes") --streaming-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k) --suffix string Suffix for use with --backup-dir. --swift-application-credential-id string Application Credential ID (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_ID) --swift-application-credential-name string Application Credential Name (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_NAME) --swift-application-credential-secret string Application Credential Secret (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_SECRET) --swift-auth string Authentication URL for server (OS_AUTH_URL). --swift-auth-token string Auth Token from alternate authentication - optional (OS_AUTH_TOKEN) --swift-auth-version int AuthVersion - optional - set to (1,2,3) if your auth URL has no version (ST_AUTH_VERSION) --swift-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G) --swift-domain string User domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME) --swift-endpoint-type string Endpoint type to choose from the service catalogue (OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE) (default "public") --swift-env-auth Get swift credentials from environment variables in standard OpenStack form. --swift-key string API key or password (OS_PASSWORD). --swift-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload. --swift-region string Region name - optional (OS_REGION_NAME) --swift-storage-policy string The storage policy to use when creating a new container --swift-storage-url string Storage URL - optional (OS_STORAGE_URL) --swift-tenant string Tenant name - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant_id required otherwise (OS_TENANT_NAME or OS_PROJECT_NAME) --swift-tenant-domain string Tenant domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME) --swift-tenant-id string Tenant ID - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant required otherwise (OS_TENANT_ID) --swift-user string User name to log in (OS_USERNAME). --swift-user-id string User ID to log in - optional - most swift systems use user and leave this blank (v3 auth) (OS_USER_ID). --syslog Use Syslog for logging --syslog-facility string Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON") --timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s) --tpslimit float Limit HTTP transactions per second to this. --tpslimit-burst int Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1) --track-renames When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible --transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4) --union-remotes string List of space separated remotes. -u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination. --use-cookies Enable session cookiejar. --use-mmap Use mmap allocator (see docs). --use-server-modtime Use server modified time instead of object metadata --user-agent string Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.46") -v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more) --webdav-bearer-token string Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon) --webdav-pass string Password. --webdav-url string URL of http host to connect to --webdav-user string User name --webdav-vendor string Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using --yandex-client-id string Yandex Client Id --yandex-client-secret string Yandex Client Secret --yandex-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating. ``` ### SEE ALSO * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends. ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 9-Feb-2019