Core Plugins and tasks DeleteFiles

Core Plugins and tasks DeleteFiles

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Delete files from Namespace storage.

Removes files in a Namespace matching provided paths or glob patterns. Optional deleteParentFolder cleans up now-empty parent directories.

Accepts string or list for files; Namespace authoritzation applies when deleting outside the current Flow Namespace.

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.core.namespace.DeleteFiles

Delete namespace files that match a specific regex glob pattern.

yaml
id: delete_files
namespace: company.team
tasks:
  - id: delete
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.namespace.DeleteFiles
    namespace: tutorial
    files:
      - "**.upl"

Delete all namespace files from a specific namespace.

yaml
id: delete_all_files
namespace: company.team
tasks:
  - id: delete
    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.namespace.DeleteFiles
    namespace: tutorial
    files:
      - "**"
Properties

A file or a list of files from the given namespace

String or a list of strings; each string can either be a regex glob pattern or a file path URI.

The namespace from which the files should be deleted

Assets this task consumes as inputs or produces as outputs, for lineage tracking and the asset graph (Enterprise Edition). A flow declaring this property on a task is rejected in the open-source edition.

Definitions
assetFailureBehaviorstring
Possible Values
IGNOREFAILWARN

Asset failure behavior

Behavior applied to the task state when a declared asset fails to render, emit, or be persisted (e.g. a lock conflict): FAIL escalates it to FAILED, WARN (default) warns it if it would otherwise succeed, IGNORE leaves the state untouched.

enableAutobooleanstring

Whether to auto-register assets referenced dynamically at runtime that are not statically declared in inputs or outputs.

inputsarray

The assets consumed as inputs.

id*string
Min length1
typestring
outputs

The assets produced as outputs.

id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*string
Min length1

Custom asset type

descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
Defaultfalse

Flag specifying whether to delete empty parent folders after deleting files

If true, parent folders that become empty after file deletion will also be removed.

SubTypestring