Running the below command for Google Drive; rclone delete remote:/backup --min-age 3d --drive-use-trash=false --rmdirs -v under /backup there are subfolders again created by rclone move such as 24-04-2021; 25-04-2021 ... etc. Command above works great it deletes all the files if their ages are >3…

You need to include some details and a log file and we can see what's going on. Why did you delete the help and support template and not use it?

Because empty folders or related processes are not in the log; here is the the help and support template: What is the problem you are having with rclone? Empty dirs in Google drive cannot be removed with delete --rmdirs What is your rclone version (output from rclone version) rclone v1.55.1 os…

What's the empty dir that should be removed? Can you do a rclone ls on the path for that?

rclone ls didn't show the empty directory but lsd showed; rclone lsd remote:/backup -1 2021-04-26 17:47:29 -1 26-04-2021 this one should have been removed -1 2021-04-27 21:47:45 -1 27-04-2021 -1 2021-04-28 21:45:55 -1 28-04-2021 -1 2021-04-…

From the rclone delete docs --rmdirs rmdirs removes empty directories but leaves root intact If you want to remove the dir and all of its contents then you want rclone purge. Some cloud providers (including google drive) have a short cut for this so it is a quick operation.

The OP has some filters though so purge wouldn't obey them if I understand the scenario properly. I don't see an issue with rmidrs as it works as expected for me on a local test. felix@gemini:~/test$ ls test1 test2 felix@gemini:~/test$ felix@gemini:~/test$ felix@gemini:~/test$ rclone delete /home…

In this scenario; root is /backup and empty 26-04-2021 folder is sub and should be removed with --rmdirs, am I right? If so; "leaves root intact" is for just /backup not the empty folders inside.

Exactly, that's my point; it should have removed the empty dirs. I'm not sure, perhaps --rmdirs behave improperly for Google Drive.

Works fine on GD for me as well: felix@gemini:~$ rclone mkdir GD:test/test1 felix@gemini:~$ rclone mkdir GD:test/test2 felix@gemini:~$ rclone delete GD:test --rmdirs -vv 2021/04/30 08:37:40 DEBUG : Using config file from "/opt/rclone/rclone.conf" 2021/04/30 08:37:40 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.55.1…

If I were you I would put some test files inside the dirs and using min-age operator to simulate the scenario. In my previous post, as you see it skips to scan empty directory just checking files and exclude them due to min-age restriction.

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