This article refers to SpiderOak One backup. If you are seeking command line help for Groups or Enterprise, see the Groups and Enterprise command line articles.

The command line option --purge permanently deletes a directory or file, including any historical versions, from your account. It is not reversible.

Use

To run this or any command, first completely close SpiderOak One, and be sure that all SpiderOak One processes have closed correctly. Then:

On Windows

Open a command prompt window. Enter the following text into the window at the prompt, then press enter:

"C:\Program Files\SpiderOakONE\SpiderOakONE.exe"--purge=\path\to\file

Replace \path\to\file with the actual path to the file or directory that you wish to delete.

On Mac

Open a terminal. Enter the following text into the terminal at the prompt, then press enter:

/Applications/SpiderOakONE.app/Contents/MacOS/SpiderOakONE --purge=/path/to/file

Replace /path/to/file with the actual path to the file or directory that you wish to delete.

On Linux

Open a terminal. Enter the following text into the terminal at the prompt, then press enter:

SpiderOakONE --purge=/path/to/file

Replace /path/to/file with the actual path to the file or directory that you wish to delete.

Notes

Deleting files from other devices

By default, --purge runs on the device that you are seated at, and this is the recommended way to use it. You can optionally specify a different one by adding the --device option to indicate the number of the device you are interested in. If you don't know the device number you want, then first use the --userinfo option to see a complete listing of computers in your account and their device numbers.

Be careful when purging a file from a device that you are not seated at. If the other device is acting on the file at the same time that you purge it, data corruption can occur. For that reason, we advise that you only do so when the other device is not running.

Although you can delete data on a different device, their operating systems must match. For example, while seated at a Mac you cannot delete files that were uploaded from a device running Windows.

Scope

Only files and directories can be purged. To purge a device, use the GUI. To purge a numbered journal, use --tree to look up the path associated with the journal, then give that path to --purge.

If you only wish to delete historical versions but not the current one, then use ​--purge-historical-versions.

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