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spo folder remove

Deletes the specified folder

Usage​

m365 spo folder remove [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

The URL of the site where the folder to be deleted is located.

--url <url>

The server- or site-relative decoded URL of the folder to delete.

--recycle

Recycles the folder instead of actually deleting it.

-f, --force

Don't prompt for confirming deleting the folder.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, permissions, response, full. Default is options.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md, none. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Remarks​

The spo folder remove command will remove folder only if it is empty. If the folder contains any files, deleting the folder will fail.

Permissions​

ResourcePermissions
SharePointAllSites.Write

Examples​

Remove a folder with a specific site-relative URL.

m365 spo folder remove --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --url '/Shared Documents/My Folder'

Remove a folder with a specific server relative URL to the site recycle bin.

m365 spo folder remove --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --url '/sites/project-x/Shared Documents/My Folder' --recycle

Response​

The command won't return a response on success.