Perm delete without trash/recycle bin

is there a way to delete the data directly from dropbox without going through the recycle bin? or a command that causes rclone to delete the recycle bin? without having to wait 30 days?

similar to gdrive?
--drive-use-trash=false

No, there is not a flag like that.

so there is no chance at all on the part of rclone to permanently delete the data?

Sure it can be.

You can:

  1. Submit a PR and add it
  2. Sponsor ncw to do it
  3. Find someone that you know to do it for you

Assuming the API is there as cleanup also doesn't work so I don't know offhand.

rclone cleanup DB:
2023/10/03 10:56:01 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: Dropbox root '' doesn't support cleanup
2023/10/03 10:56:01 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 1 errors and: Dropbox root '' doesn't support cleanup
2023/10/03 10:56:01 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 1 errors and: Dropbox root '' doesn't support cleanup
2023/10/03 10:56:01 Failed to cleanup: Dropbox root '' doesn't support cleanup

or just empty your trash ? :slight_smile:

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