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rclone purge ​

Remove the path and all of its contents.

Synopsis ​

Remove the path and all of its contents. Note that this does not obey include/exclude filters - everything will be removed. Use the delete command if you want to selectively delete files. To delete empty directories only, use command rmdir or rmdirs.

Important: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the --dry-run or the --interactive/-i flag.

rclone purge remote:path [flags]

Options ​

  -h, --help   help for purge

Options shared with other commands are described next. See the global flags page for global options not listed here.

Important Options ​

Important flags useful for most commands

  -n, --dry-run         Do a trial run with no permanent changes
  -i, --interactive     Enable interactive mode
  -v, --verbose count   Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)

See Also ​

  • rclone - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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