Deleting a File or Folder

Context

Deleting a folder will also delete all files in it. Ensure that all files in a folder can be deleted before deleting the folder.

Deleting unwanted files or folders saves space and costs.

Procedure

1. Log in to OBS Browser+.
2. Go to the bucket from which you want to delete a file or folder.
3. Right-click the file or folder to be deleted and click Delete.

   You can select multiple files or folders and choose More > Delete above the list to batch delete them.

4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Important Notes

In big data scenarios, parallel file systems usually have deep directory levels and each directory has a large number of files. In such case, deleting directories from parallel file systems may fail due to timeout.

To address this problem, you are advised to run the hadoop fs - rmr obs://{Name of a parallel file system}/{Directory name} command on the Hadoop client that has OBSA, an OBS client plugin, embedded.