# Basic syntax (DANGEROUS)
rclone delete remote:path

# Delete with filter (safer)
rclone delete remote:path --include "*.tmp" --dry-run
rclone delete remote:path --include "*.tmp"  # Actually delete

# Delete old files
rclone delete remote:backup --min-age 365d --dry-run

# Step 1: List what matches
rclone ls remote:folder --include "*.log"

# Step 2: Dry run delete
rclone delete remote:folder --include "*.log" --dry-run

# Step 3: Actually delete (if sure)
rclone delete remote:folder --include "*.log"

# BAD
rclone delete remote: --include "*.tmp"  # Entire remote

# GOOD
rclone delete remote:project/temp --include "*.tmp" # Specific folder

# Backup before bulk delete
rclone copy remote:important remote:important-backup

# Then safe to clean
rclone delete remote:important --min-age 180d

# At first, you may think we're simply duplicating the folder that we're going to delete.
# You're correct!
# This is to make sure that in case the `--min-age` filter doesn't work as expected,
# we have a backup of the important files.

# Confirm each file (safer for important data)
rclone delete remote:folder \
  --include "*.bak" \
  --interactive

# Delete specific extensions
rclone delete remote:folder \
  --include "*.bak" \
  --include "*.old" \
  --dry-run

# Delete except important files
rclone delete remote:folder \
  --exclude "*.doc" \
  --exclude "*.pdf" \
  --dry-run

# Delete large files
rclone delete remote:folder --min-size 1G --dry-run

# Delete empty files
rclone delete remote:folder --max-size 0 --dry-run

# Delete files in size range
rclone delete remote:folder \
  --min-size 100M \
  --max-size 500M \
  --dry-run

# Delete old files
rclone delete remote:folder --min-age 365d --dry-run

# Delete recent temporary files
rclone delete remote:temp --max-age 7d --dry-run

# Specific date range
rclone delete remote:folder \
  --min-age 2023-01-01 \
  --max-age 2023-12-31 \
  --dry-run

# Using filter file
cat > delete-filters.txt << EOF
- *.keep
- important/**
+ *.tmp
+ *.bak
+ cache/**
- *
EOF

rclone delete remote:folder --filter-from delete-filters.txt --dry-run

# Remove .tmp and cache files
rclone delete remote:project \
  --include "*.tmp" \
  --include "*.cache" \
  --include "*~" \
  --dry-run

# After verifying, run without --dry-run

# Delete backups older than 90 days
rclone delete remote:backups \
  --min-age 90d \
  --dry-run \
  --progress

# Keep last 7 daily backups
rclone delete remote:daily-backups \
  --min-age 7d \
  --dry-run

#!/bin/bash
# Clean old logs, keep recent

REMOTE="remote:logs"

# Keep last 30 days of logs
echo "Cleaning logs older than 30 days..."
rclone delete "$REMOTE" \
  --include "*.log" \
  --min-age 30d \
  --dry-run

read -p "Delete these files? (y/n): " confirm
if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]; then
  rclone delete "$REMOTE" \
    --include "*.log" \
    --min-age 30d \
    --progress
fi