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Danette5
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Error message when deleting folders
I have used Dropbox for years and have never had this problem. I'm cleaning up my files and when I try to delete a folder I get this message:
There are too many files in one request. Please ret...
- 2 years ago
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for your feedback here and for notifying us of this issue. The inability to bulk delete may have been a lingering effect of the earlier outage. It should be resolved at this time. Please let us know if that's not the case.
Thanks,
Ben
Rich
Super User II
Danette5 wrote:
There are too many files in one request. Please retry with fewer files. What has changed? How do I go about deleting my folders?
Nothing has changed. The folder likely has a very large number of files in it, which the website would have a problem processing all at once. Instead, open the folder, select a bunch of files and delete them. Repeat as necessary until the folder is empty or has fewer files, then delete the folder.
ostaz
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
I'm getting the same error today....annoying.
"There are too many files in one request. Please retry with fewer files."
- DSULZINGER2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Mine just says "Couldn't delete two items"
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