How can I delete many files that have been uploaded via GeoDrive

Using GeoDrive for Windows it is very difficult to delete previously uploaded files from it.

Using Windows Explorer the Preparing to Delete phase takes a very long time which must be followed by the actual deletion which also takes forever when it works. Often there are files Windows does not allow you to delete.

Using the Atmos Explorer from within GeoDrive UI is equally as slow and goes into a Not Responding mode forever as well.

Is the above expected behavior?

Is there a better more efficient way to delete uploaded files from a GeoDrive?

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kastr1

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July 7th, 2014 09:00

The main problem with deleting lots of files has to do with "Update Wait Time" (Advanced dialog). This controls how often a file or directory is synced with it's corresponding object in Atmos. When you tell Windows Explorer to delete a directory, the first thing it does is run down all the directories and count up how many files are to be deleted. This can cause GeoDrive to sync each directory to the cloud. If you Update Wait Time is very short, it is possible that after the files have been counted and now when it is actually deleting the files, it will sync all of those directories again.

You can try this:

Check the Update Wait Time. If it is very short, try lengthening it.
In Options/Performance, change "Restore Threads" to 16. This will help with "Recall All Directories" in the next step.
Right-click on the directory in Windows Explorer. Click on GeoDrive> Recall All Directories. This will run down each directory and sync it with the cloud (like Windows will do as a side effect when deleting), but it does it much faster since it will do 16 directories at once.
Once all the dirs. are synced (or before, it is probably not important to wait for it to finish), use a Command Prompt to do the actual deletion. Make sure you have an elevated command prompt so that you don't run into permissions issues. Use the command: rd /s /q . Using this command means it does only one pass instead of the two that Explorer does. The downside is you don't get a progress indication.

I can check into enhancing Atmos Explorer so deletions are handled in the background for a future version.

When you delete lots of files, it is possible that the deletion on the local disk is faster than deleting the files in Atmos, so you may want to know when the files have been completely deleted in Atmos. This information is available in Performance Monitor:

Open Performance Monitor by clicking on the menu icon just to the left of the Home tab.

Add the following counter:

Hit the "+" button in the toolbar
Expand the "GeoDrive Folder" counters
Select "Change Log Queue Length"
Select the correct Instance (or all Instances)

The Change Log queue is where deletion requests get queued. When that queue is empty, all of the deletions are complete. There are other counters associated with the Changelog to show more detailed information.

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