Create flow to share: delete files in a specific subfolder, with exceptions

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Hello,

I'm trying to build a flow that I need a few people in my organization to use.

I would like the rule to
- delete files only in a specific folder (the path should be the same for everyone, OneDrive Root \ Specific Folder Name
- delete files that are older than X days
- do not delete any image files (I'm cool with just excluding a few specific formats, we don't get fancier than png/jpg
- I'd like to log the information somewhere but that part I think I have already

I have found a template that does the deletion part, but I don't know how to specify exceptions:
Microsoft Power Automate
I'm also not sure if I can hardcode the folder path, or should I just set it up with the users manually for the proper folder.

I don't expect anyone to write the whole thing 🙂 But any help in setting up exceptions would be appreciated.

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BCBuizer 22,535 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @julis ,

To answer your first question: yes, you can hardcode the folder.

For the second question: When you are using the template, the condition action does not allow you to add multiple conditions without using the advanced editor. However, if you delete that action and then add another condition action, you can add multiple conditions:

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Is it really that simple as "does not end with"? I was so sure I needed something much more complicated, thank you so much!

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