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How to delete all files in a folder by API
Hi API Team, I am using dropbox folders temporarily to upload videos to youtube. I need to clean/delete files from Dropbox files after I upload them to youtube since I don't need them anymore and ...
The Dropbox API does not offer a way to configure automatic deletions like this, nor does it offer a way to specify a wildcard like that or otherwise just delete everything in a particular folder without deleting the folder itself, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Instead, you'd need to specify each item you do want to delete. Also, /2/files/permanently_delete is for permanently deleting; you can use /2/files/delete_v2 to just delete things. (Deleted items are automatically permanently deleted after a certain amount of time. You can find more information in the help center.) Also, you can use /2/files/delete_batch to delete multiple items at once (though you still need to specify each one).
iNeil
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Dropbox Community ModeratorKirill-TpuSoft
That’s correct, the /2/files/permanently_delete endpoint is only available for team-linked apps. The permanent delete API functionality is unavailable for individual user-linked apps.
iNeil, In general permanent deletion is available for all users (including personal). Why does API behave different at all? 🤔 Isn't it some sort of oversight?
- Greg-DB
We don't have information to share on the decisions behind the design of any particular endpoint/scope on the API, but this is the expected behavior for this endpoint and scope.
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