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rclone rmdir ​

Remove the empty directory at path.

Synopsis ​

This removes empty directory given by path. Will not remove the path if it has any objects in it, not even empty subdirectories. Use command rmdirs (or delete with option --rmdirs) to do that.

To delete a path and any objects in it, use purge command.

rclone rmdir remote:path [flags]

Options ​

  -h, --help   help for rmdir

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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