Skip to content

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
-f, --url <url>
Site-relative URL of the folder to delete
--recycle
Recycles the folder instead of actually deleting it
--confirm
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, response, full. Default is full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. 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.

Examples

Removes a folder with site-relative URL /Shared Documents/My Folder located in site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x

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

Moves a folder with site-relative URL /Shared Documents/My Folder located in site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x to the site recycle bin

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