Auto Deleting Files from SP Doc Library

[sobenson]

I am trying to delete all files from a SP library at the end of the day, basically not wanting files older than 24 hours.  I have set up this flow, but I am getting the error, "An action failed. No dependent actions succeeded." "Not Found".  Help me figure this out?

[sobenson]

Here is the error

[eric-cheng · Accepted solution]

Hi @sobenson ,

For your delete step, can you try with  identifier

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[sobenson]

@eric-cheng Thank you!  Such a small thing, but that was exactly it!

[ScottShearer]

@sobenson 

While the way you have your Flow structured and the solution that you have accepted will work, it would be a much better solution if you were to use a filter query in your Get files (properties only) action and retrieve only files that meet your criteria.  Then, you can eliminate your condition and just delete all files that have been returned.

That said, you don't need a Flow for this - SharePoint will do this for you:

• Go to library settings
• Click on Information Management policy
• Click on Document
• Enable Retention and add a policy that deletes files 1 day after creation

[sobenson]

@ScottShearer Thank you, the Retention Policy looks like an easier way of doing this.  For anyone else who reads this, I was missing the Information Management policy, and needed to turn it on in Site Settings

Information Management Policy Settings is missing from Content Type settings or List Settings. To enable this, follow below steps:

• Go to Site Settings –> Site Collection Features
• Activate Library and Folder Based Retention Feature