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Delete files with extension /eml from Sharepoint

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Posted on 2 May 2024 19:21:16 by kmilarov

Guys, I have a flow to delete some files (with name and extension ) on Sharepoint . But - I have many files with extensions .eml (e-mails) that cannot be detected/deleted . See attached. It works for all other extensions (like ZIP , PDF) but does not work for .eml.

Any ideas?

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creativeopinion 10,419 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 02 May 2024 at 21:13:36

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Re: Delete files with extension /eml from Sharepoint

@kmilarov Tested it on my end and it works. Depending on how many files you have in your document library—you may need to toggle on pagination and set a threshold.

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kmilarov 2 on 02 May 2024 at 21:11:34

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Re: Delete files with extension /eml from Sharepoint

Thank you. I created new folder with 2 files .eml only - and the same result. I think it is because of the file is e-mail (.eml). Any other extensions works perfectly fine. Maybe Sharepoint/Power Automate doe snot consider .eml as a file ?
creativeopinion 10,419 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 02 May 2024 at 20:55:06

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Re: Delete files with extension /eml from Sharepoint

@kmilarov Check out this YT tutorial: Microsoft Copilot Built a Flow that DELETES ALL PDF Files—it didn't work...

Although I cover how to filter out PDF files in this tutorial—you can use the same concepts covered in this tutorial in your flow. The way you've set up your flow currently is inefficient—especially if you have a lot of files in your document library.

I asked Microsoft Copilot to build me a flow that deletes all PDF files from a document library. After a few additional prompts it gave me an okay flow—however it’s inefficient. In this Power Automate tutorial, I’m going to break down this flow that Copilot has built and show you how you can make it more efficient.

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ How to use copilot to build a Power Automate flow

✅ How to create a flow that deletes a specific file type

✅ How to build an efficient flow

✅ How to identify inefficiencies in your Power Automate flow

✅ How to return files only when using the Get Files (properties only) action

✅ How to create a Flat View in SharePoint

✅ How to use a Filter Array action to filter out files by file type

✅ How to use the Condition action

✅ How to use the Delete files action

Hope this helps!

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