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Using Power Automate flow to delete all files and folders inside a sharepoint folder

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Posted on by jebz 11

Hi all,

I've followed the steps in there to automate file deletion based on the creation dates.

Delete files from a sharepoint folder - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

However, folders are not getting deleted, If I dump all the files in one folder, and rerun the flow, all files get deleted without any issues.

That is the error "TobeDeleted/24-001 does not exist" I get which relates to one of the folders inside the main folder.

Any suggestions are welcome.

 

Thank you.

 

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    v-jefferni Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @jebz ,

     

    To delete all contents from a folder, you can use the Delete item action. It's not supported to delete folders using Delete file action.

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    In Delete item action, you need to retrieve list name from Peek code in Get files action, copy table id and paste in the List name field in Delete item action:

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    Note that in Get file action, Include Nested Items needs to be false and in Delete file action it needs to use ID instead of Identifier.

     

    Best regards,

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    jebz 11 on at

    That worked perfectly, thank you so much.

  • CU03091917-0 Profile Picture
    CU03091917-0 26 on at
    Still fails
     
    You have to delete all the items in this folder before you can delete the folder.
    clientRequestId: c03de77e-a9da-427d-806e-
    serviceRequestId: 21bb4ca1-f065-6000-6667-

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