Remove the path and all of its contents.
Remove the path and all of its contents. Note that this does not obey
include/exclude filters - everything will be removed. Use delete if
you want to selectively delete files.
rclone purge remote:path [flags]
-h, --help help for purge
--acd-auth-url string Auth server URL.
--acd-client-id string Amazon Application Client ID.
--acd-client-secret string Amazon Application Client Secret.
--acd-templink-threshold SizeSuffix Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
--acd-token-url string Token server url.
--acd-upload-wait-per-gb Duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
--alias-remote string Remote or path to alias.
--ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
--auto-confirm If enabled, do not request console confirmation.
--azureblob-access-tier string Access tier of blob: hot, cool or archive.
--azureblob-account string Storage Account Name (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
--azureblob-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size (<= 100MB). (default 4M)
--azureblob-endpoint string Endpoint for the service
--azureblob-key string Storage Account Key (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
--azureblob-list-chunk int Size of blob list. (default 5000)
--azureblob-sas-url string SAS URL for container level access only
--azureblob-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (<= 256MB). (default 256M)
--b2-account string Account ID or Application Key ID
--b2-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
--b2-disable-checksum Disable checksums for large (> upload cutoff) files
--b2-download-url string Custom endpoint for downloads.
--b2-endpoint string Endpoint for the service.
--b2-hard-delete Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files.
--b2-key string Application Key
--b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header for debugging.
--b2-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload. (default 200M)
--b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings.
--backup-dir string Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
--bind string Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name.
--box-client-id string Box App Client Id.
--box-client-secret string Box App Client Secret
--box-commit-retries int Max number of times to try committing a multipart file. (default 100)
--box-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (>= 50MB). (default 50M)
--buffer-size SizeSuffix In memory buffer size when reading files for each --transfer. (default 16M)
--bwlimit BwTimetable Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
--ca-cert string CA certificate used to verify servers
--cache-chunk-clean-interval Duration How often should the cache perform cleanups of the chunk storage. (default 1m0s)
--cache-chunk-no-memory Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming.
--cache-chunk-path string Directory to cache chunk files. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-chunk-size SizeSuffix The size of a chunk (partial file data). (default 5M)
--cache-chunk-total-size SizeSuffix The total size that the chunks can take up on the local disk. (default 10G)
--cache-db-path string Directory to store file structure metadata DB. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-db-purge Clear all the cached data for this remote on start.
--cache-db-wait-time Duration How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s)
--cache-dir string Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone")
--cache-info-age Duration How long to cache file structure information (directory listings, file size, times etc). (default 6h0m0s)
--cache-plex-insecure string Skip all certificate verifications when connecting to the Plex server
--cache-plex-password string The password of the Plex user
--cache-plex-url string The URL of the Plex server
--cache-plex-username string The username of the Plex user
--cache-read-retries int How many times to retry a read from a cache storage. (default 10)
--cache-remote string Remote to cache.
--cache-rps int Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS (-1 to disable) (default -1)
--cache-tmp-upload-path string Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded.
--cache-tmp-wait-time Duration How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default 15s)
--cache-workers int How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks. (default 4)
--cache-writes Cache file data on writes through the FS
--checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
-c, --checksum Skip based on checksum (if available) & size, not mod-time & size
--client-cert string Client SSL certificate (PEM) for mutual TLS auth
--client-key string Client SSL private key (PEM) for mutual TLS auth
--config string Config file. (default "/home/rclone/.rclone.conf")
--contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
-L, --copy-links Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
--cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file
--crypt-directory-name-encryption Option to either encrypt directory names or leave them intact. (default true)
--crypt-filename-encryption string How to encrypt the filenames. (default "standard")
--crypt-password string Password or pass phrase for encryption.
--crypt-password2 string Password or pass phrase for salt. Optional but recommended.
--crypt-remote string Remote to encrypt/decrypt.
--crypt-show-mapping For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
--delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transferring (default)
--delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transferring
--delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer
--delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync
--disable string Disable a comma separated list of features. Use help to see a list.
--drive-acknowledge-abuse Set to allow files which return cannotDownloadAbusiveFile to be downloaded.
--drive-allow-import-name-change Allow the filetype to change when uploading Google docs (e.g. file.doc to file.docx). This will confuse sync and reupload every time.
--drive-alternate-export Use alternate export URLs for google documents export.,
--drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user.
--drive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
--drive-client-id string Google Application Client Id
--drive-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret
--drive-export-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
--drive-formats string Deprecated: see export_formats
--drive-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a service account.
--drive-import-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for uploading Google docs.
--drive-keep-revision-forever Keep new head revision of each file forever.
--drive-list-chunk int Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
--drive-pacer-burst int Number of API calls to allow without sleeping. (default 100)
--drive-pacer-min-sleep Duration Minimum time to sleep between API calls. (default 100ms)
--drive-root-folder-id string ID of the root folder
--drive-scope string Scope that rclone should use when requesting access from drive.
--drive-service-account-credentials string Service Account Credentials JSON blob
--drive-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path
--drive-shared-with-me Only show files that are shared with me.
--drive-skip-checksum-gphotos Skip MD5 checksum on Google photos and videos only.
--drive-skip-gdocs Skip google documents in all listings.
--drive-team-drive string ID of the Team Drive
--drive-trashed-only Only show files that are in the trash.
--drive-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
--drive-use-created-date Use file created date instead of modified date.,
--drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true)
--drive-v2-download-min-size SizeSuffix If Object's are greater, use drive v2 API to download. (default off)
--dropbox-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. (< 150M). (default 48M)
--dropbox-client-id string Dropbox App Client Id
--dropbox-client-secret string Dropbox App Client Secret
--dropbox-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a business account.
-n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes
--dump DumpFlags List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles
--dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
--dump-headers Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info
--exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern
--exclude-from stringArray Read exclude patterns from file
--exclude-if-present string Exclude directories if filename is present
--fast-list Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.
--files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file
-f, --filter stringArray Add a file-filtering rule
--filter-from stringArray Read filtering patterns from a file
--ftp-concurrency int Maximum number of FTP simultaneous connections, 0 for unlimited
--ftp-host string FTP host to connect to
--ftp-pass string FTP password
--ftp-port string FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
--ftp-user string FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER
--gcs-bucket-acl string Access Control List for new buckets.
--gcs-bucket-policy-only Access checks should use bucket-level IAM policies.
--gcs-client-id string Google Application Client Id
--gcs-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret
--gcs-location string Location for the newly created buckets.
--gcs-object-acl string Access Control List for new objects.
--gcs-project-number string Project number.
--gcs-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path
--gcs-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing objects in Google Cloud Storage.
--http-no-slash Set this if the site doesn't end directories with /
--http-url string URL of http host to connect to
--hubic-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
--hubic-client-id string Hubic Client Id
--hubic-client-secret string Hubic Client Secret
--hubic-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload.
--ignore-case Ignore case in filters (case insensitive)
--ignore-checksum Skip post copy check of checksums.
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--ignore-existing Skip all files that exist on destination
--ignore-size Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
-I, --ignore-times Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
--immutable Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified.
--include stringArray Include files matching pattern
--include-from stringArray Read include patterns from file
--jottacloud-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash.
--jottacloud-md5-memory-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this will be cached on disk to calculate the MD5 if required. (default 10M)
--jottacloud-mountpoint string The mountpoint to use.
--jottacloud-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating.
--jottacloud-upload-resume-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this can be resumed if the upload fail's. (default 10M)
--jottacloud-user string User Name:
--koofr-endpoint string The Koofr API endpoint to use (default "https://app.koofr.net")
--koofr-mountid string Mount ID of the mount to use. If omitted, the primary mount is used.
--koofr-password string Your Koofr password for rclone (generate one at https://app.koofr.net/app/admin/preferences/password)
--koofr-user string Your Koofr user name
-l, --links Translate symlinks to/from regular files with a '.rclonelink' extension
--local-no-check-updated Don't check to see if the files change during upload
--local-no-unicode-normalization Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames (Deprecated)
--local-nounc string Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows
--log-file string Log everything to this file
--log-format string Comma separated list of log format options (default "date,time")
--log-level string Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE")
--low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
--max-age Duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--max-backlog int Maximum number of objects in sync or check backlog. (default 10000)
--max-delete int When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1)
--max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
--max-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--max-transfer SizeSuffix Maximum size of data to transfer. (default off)
--mega-debug Output more debug from Mega.
--mega-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash.
--mega-pass string Password.
--mega-user string User name
--memprofile string Write memory profile to file
--min-age Duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--min-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files bigger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--modify-window duration Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
--no-check-certificate Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
--no-gzip-encoding Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
--no-traverse Don't traverse destination file system on copy.
--no-update-modtime Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
-x, --one-file-system Don't cross filesystem boundaries (unix/macOS only).
--onedrive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to upload files with - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
--onedrive-client-id string Microsoft App Client Id
--onedrive-client-secret string Microsoft App Client Secret
--onedrive-drive-id string The ID of the drive to use
--onedrive-drive-type string The type of the drive ( personal | business | documentLibrary )
--onedrive-expose-onenote-files Set to make OneNote files show up in directory listings.
--opendrive-password string Password.
--opendrive-username string Username
--pcloud-client-id string Pcloud App Client Id
--pcloud-client-secret string Pcloud App Client Secret
-P, --progress Show progress during transfer.
--qingstor-access-key-id string QingStor Access Key ID
--qingstor-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 4M)
--qingstor-connection-retries int Number of connection retries. (default 3)
--qingstor-endpoint string Enter a endpoint URL to connection QingStor API.
--qingstor-env-auth Get QingStor credentials from runtime. Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
--qingstor-secret-access-key string QingStor Secret Access Key (password)
--qingstor-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 1)
--qingstor-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M)
--qingstor-zone string Zone to connect to.
-q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible
--rc Enable the remote control server.
--rc-addr string IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572")
--rc-cert string SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
--rc-client-ca string Client certificate authority to verify clients with
--rc-files string Path to local files to serve on the HTTP server.
--rc-htpasswd string htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
--rc-key string SSL PEM Private key
--rc-max-header-bytes int Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
--rc-no-auth Don't require auth for certain methods.
--rc-pass string Password for authentication.
--rc-realm string realm for authentication (default "rclone")
--rc-serve Enable the serving of remote objects.
--rc-server-read-timeout duration Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-server-write-timeout duration Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-user string User name for authentication.
--retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
--retries-sleep duration Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable)
--s3-access-key-id string AWS Access Key ID.
--s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
--s3-bucket-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets.
--s3-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 5M)
--s3-disable-checksum Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata
--s3-endpoint string Endpoint for S3 API.
--s3-env-auth Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
--s3-force-path-style If true use path style access if false use virtual hosted style. (default true)
--s3-location-constraint string Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
--s3-provider string Choose your S3 provider.
--s3-region string Region to connect to.
--s3-secret-access-key string AWS Secret Access Key (password)
--s3-server-side-encryption string The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
--s3-session-token string An AWS session token
--s3-sse-kms-key-id string If using KMS ID you must provide the ARN of Key.
--s3-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing new objects in S3.
--s3-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 4)
--s3-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M)
--s3-v2-auth If true use v2 authentication.
--sftp-ask-password Allow asking for SFTP password when needed.
--sftp-disable-hashcheck Disable the execution of SSH commands to determine if remote file hashing is available.
--sftp-host string SSH host to connect to
--sftp-key-file string Path to PEM-encoded private key file, leave blank or set key-use-agent to use ssh-agent.
--sftp-key-file-pass string The passphrase to decrypt the PEM-encoded private key file.
--sftp-key-use-agent When set forces the usage of the ssh-agent.
--sftp-pass string SSH password, leave blank to use ssh-agent.
--sftp-path-override string Override path used by SSH connection.
--sftp-port string SSH port, leave blank to use default (22)
--sftp-set-modtime Set the modified time on the remote if set. (default true)
--sftp-use-insecure-cipher Enable the use of the aes128-cbc cipher. This cipher is insecure and may allow plaintext data to be recovered by an attacker.
--sftp-user string SSH username, leave blank for current username, rclone
--size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
--skip-links Don't warn about skipped symlinks.
--stats duration Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
--stats-file-name-length int Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 45)
--stats-log-level string Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
--stats-one-line Make the stats fit on one line.
--stats-unit string Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
--streaming-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k)
--suffix string Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
--suffix-keep-extension Preserve the extension when using --suffix.
--swift-application-credential-id string Application Credential ID (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_ID)
--swift-application-credential-name string Application Credential Name (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_NAME)
--swift-application-credential-secret string Application Credential Secret (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_SECRET)
--swift-auth string Authentication URL for server (OS_AUTH_URL).
--swift-auth-token string Auth Token from alternate authentication - optional (OS_AUTH_TOKEN)
--swift-auth-version int AuthVersion - optional - set to (1,2,3) if your auth URL has no version (ST_AUTH_VERSION)
--swift-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
--swift-domain string User domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME)
--swift-endpoint-type string Endpoint type to choose from the service catalogue (OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE) (default "public")
--swift-env-auth Get swift credentials from environment variables in standard OpenStack form.
--swift-key string API key or password (OS_PASSWORD).
--swift-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload.
--swift-region string Region name - optional (OS_REGION_NAME)
--swift-storage-policy string The storage policy to use when creating a new container
--swift-storage-url string Storage URL - optional (OS_STORAGE_URL)
--swift-tenant string Tenant name - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant_id required otherwise (OS_TENANT_NAME or OS_PROJECT_NAME)
--swift-tenant-domain string Tenant domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME)
--swift-tenant-id string Tenant ID - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant required otherwise (OS_TENANT_ID)
--swift-user string User name to log in (OS_USERNAME).
--swift-user-id string User ID to log in - optional - most swift systems use user and leave this blank (v3 auth) (OS_USER_ID).
--syslog Use Syslog for logging
--syslog-facility string Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
--timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
--tpslimit float Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.
--tpslimit-burst int Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1)
--track-renames When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
--transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
--union-remotes string List of space separated remotes.
-u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination.
--use-cookies Enable session cookiejar.
--use-mmap Use mmap allocator (see docs).
--use-server-modtime Use server modified time instead of object metadata
--user-agent string Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.47.0-015-gaba15f11-beta")
-v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
--webdav-bearer-token string Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
--webdav-pass string Password.
--webdav-url string URL of http host to connect to
--webdav-user string User name
--webdav-vendor string Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
--yandex-client-id string Yandex Client Id
--yandex-client-secret string Yandex Client Secret
--yandex-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating.