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esmewang
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Find and delete all empty files

Because of a problem I had with data transfer a while back, I now have hundreds of empty files in Dropbox. When I tried to find and delete them all in Terminal, I can't because of a lack of permissio...
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esmewang
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

When I try and do this through Terminal: 

 

/users/***/dropbox find -type f -empty -print (so that I can see and then delete them)

 

I get this message:

 

zsh: access denied: /users/***/dropbox

 

 

 

 

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esmewang
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I mean, permission denied.

 

 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi esmewang, you could also try to sort your files by Size.

     

    That way you'll be able to locate all your 0kb files faster, and then delete them. 

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    esmewang
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    But this is still a process that would mean going through my hundreds of Dropbox folders and sorting them by size. Is there a shortcut to this? A code or an app or something that deletes empty files?
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    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi esmewang, on our end there isn't, but I'll definitely keep this thread open.

     

    That way, if any other user has any suggestions, or third-party apps that can do this, they can share them with you.

     

    Thank you!

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