Deleting Created OneDrive File

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Posted on 29 Mar 2025 19:43:07 by Phineas

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I have created a flow that populates a Word template, creates a file in OneDrive, converts the
file to PDF, creates that PDF in a SharePoint library, deletes the original OneDrive version of
the file.

All is working except the delete. The OneDrive file is not being deleted.

What am I missing?

Delete file: outputs('Create_file')?['body/Id']

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w.p 1,524 on 29 Mar 2025 at 23:34:42

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Remove the "Create file 3" action and re-add it.

If it still doesn't work, try to test these actions with a new flow with different files, without "Apply to each" to find the root cause.
Phineas 4,643 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 29 Mar 2025 at 22:31:31

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The error is occurring on multiple names. All of the fails are different names.

The flow worked fine until Feb. 23. I've made no changes to the flow.
w.p 1,524 on 29 Mar 2025 at 21:49:19

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Try with a different file name. Do you get the same error every single time?
Phineas 4,643 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 29 Mar 2025 at 20:54:38

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Yep, I agree.

I delete both files before each test and keep getting the same error.

The SharePoint Library. I've deleted this file before every test.

The OneDrive. I've deleted this file before every test.
w.p 1,524 on 29 Mar 2025 at 20:34:24

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The error message indicates that there is an issue with the create file action in SP, not the delete file action.

Try deleting the files from OD.
Phineas 4,643 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 29 Mar 2025 at 20:23:42

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I perceive two issues.

The OneDrive file is not being deleted. I added the delay, but it still didn't delete.

Also, there is an error regarding the final PDF -
A file with the name PDF_Work_Order_Library/filename.pdf already exists.

The file DOES NOT exist in the SP List document library, so I don't know where it
is seeing this file.

Both the Word and the PDF files are being created.
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w.p 1,524 on 29 Mar 2025 at 19:52:56

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I would suggest adding a delay action before the delete file action.

What was the output? Did you receive any error?