Delete Empty Folders

Automatic Empty Folder Deletion After Remediation

The Delete Empty Folders feature automatically removes directories that become empty following remediation actions. This feature helps maintain a clean and organized file system by eliminating unnecessary empty folders.

Deletion Behavior

1. Empty folder deletion occurs after a scan completes and then every 10 minutes.
2. A folder will NOT be deleted if it contains any files or folders after the remediation.
3. A folder will NOT be deleted if it was empty before the remediation.

Configuring Empty Folder Deletion

• Navigate to Storage Units from the left-side navigation menu
• Select the storage unit for which you want to configure empty folder deletion
• Click the More Options button (represented by three dots) and choose Remediation Actions from the dropdown

• In the Remediation Actions modal window, select the Other Remediations tab.
• Enable the option: Delete a directory if it is empty after remediation - this does not delete if the folder was empty to begin with.

Depth Parameter

The depth parameter is used to determine where deletion of empty folders starts. It is a value in the range 1-10000

For example in the picture below we have a folder structure. Let's say that there is an nfs storage that has the sharePath PersonalTransfer.

Default - Depth = 1 -> PersonalTransfer Folder (which is also root) is kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted

Depth = 2 -> UserA, UserB and UserC are kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted

Depth = 3 -> UserA, UserB, UserC, ProjectA, ProjectB and ProjectC are kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted