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I have set up a copy job in SharePoint from one location to another and it is working. I want to create a delete function that should delete files in the destination if any files are deleted in the source location. I tried multiple methods but it's giving 404 files not found error.

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,394 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Could you include your flow design logic (screenshot) in the forum?

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Hey @Chalaka
The file has already been deleted, thats why you are getting the error.
Sorry, but I dont know of any alternative for this.

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Any solutions?

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Chalaka 31 on at

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This was my flow.

I'm trying the below one now. Not sure if it will work or not.

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Hi @Chalaka ,

Maybe you could try the following.

1. Here are my folders.

2. Here is my Flow.

FileLeafRef eq '@{triggerOutputs()?['body/FileNameWithExtension']}'

Result Screenshot:

Best Regards,

Charlie Choi

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,394 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Or you could simply try using SharePoint REST API.
See this
Solved: SharePoint Delete file, File identifier from a lis... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

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Chalaka 31 on at

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Thank you. I will try these suggestions and give you feedback. Also, I have missed one thing, it is not only a file, but it can also be a folder as well. Whatever the things delete in the source, the same files/folders should delete in the destination.

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Pstork1 68,697 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Yes it is possible. The key is that the file Identifier is an encoded version of the path. So if I have a variable called varFolder contains the base path for the destination file folder then the file identifier would be

encodeUriComponent(concat(variables('varFolder'),'/',triggerOutputs()?['body/FileNameWithExtension']))

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Chalaka 31 on at

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I tried this and it works for the files 😊 but it does not work if we delete a Folder. Any suggestions?

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Chalaka 31 on at

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Hi,

Could you please put a screenshot of how initialize variable should be? I tried but the variables are not picking up correctly.

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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@Chalaka
Can you show what error you are getting or what are you putting in the expression. Maybe you are making a mistake there?

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