Delete files from Drive
Caution: this will permanently delete your files! For a safer, reversible option, see drive_trash().
drive_rm(..., verbose = deprecated())
...: One or more Drive files, specified in any valid way, i.e. as a dribble, by name or path, or by file id or URL marked with as_id(). Or any combination thereof. Elements are processed with as_dribble() and row-bound prior to deletion.verbose: This logical argument to individual googledrive functions is deprecated. To globally suppress googledrive messaging, use options(googledrive_quiet = TRUE) (the default behaviour is to emit informational messages). To suppress messaging in a more limited way, use the helpers local_drive_quiet() or with_drive_quiet().Logical vector, indicating whether the delete succeeded.
# Target one of the official example files to copy (then remove) (src_file <- drive_example_remote("chicken.txt")) # Create a copy, then remove it by name src_file %>% drive_cp(name = "chicken-rm.txt") drive_rm("chicken-rm.txt") # Create several more copies x1 <- src_file %>% drive_cp(name = "chicken-abc.txt") drive_cp(src_file, name = "chicken-def.txt") x2 <- src_file %>% drive_cp(name = "chicken-ghi.txt") # Remove the copies all at once, specified in different ways drive_rm(x1, "chicken-def.txt", as_id(x2))
Wraps the files.delete endpoint:
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