Delete folder with contents from Firebase Storage [duplicate]

Question

I can easily delete a file within a child reference, but how would I delete the entire folder from Firebase Storage?

let postRef = FIRStorage.storage().reference().child("posts/folderName")
    postRef.deleteWithCompletion { (error) in
        print(error)
    }

Error file does not exists. Any ideas?

Keane

You can utilize the Google Cloud storage API using the gcs npm package to accomplish this - explanation @#37750147 – Hephzipah

Answer 1

Long story short, we haven't implemented a recursive (or folder) delete. This topic is covered in another post: FirebaseStorage: How to Delete Directory

For now, we recommend either storing a list of files in another source (like the Realtime Database) or using the list API, and then deleting files as necessary.

You can also perform this type of delete in the Firebase Console (console.firebase.google.com).

In the future, we may offer this sort of functionality, but don't have it fully spec'ed out.

Wastrel

Hm so now I should loop over all the files and deleted them one by one. Seems a bit odd okay. But thanks for the heads up – Keane

It would be extremely useful to be able to delete entire folders and directories. Just letting you know that this is a requested feature – Mechling

Seems like a pretty big current Firebase limitation. – Kaleidoscopic

I need this feature in my life – Tilton

I need this too! – Camire

Hi! Hope a soluton for this is coming soon – Painless

Note that after deleting all the files inside the folder the folder gets deleted automatically. – Incapacitate

Hoping for solution to this as well. – Rosefish

Wow, we at the end of 2017 and there is no solution. – Kaycekaycee

Very very pity ;( – Collogue

@BerkayTurancı end of 2018 is now – Collogue

I can't delete the folder in the firebase console. A pop up window is shown when I try to delete the folder, but it does not delete the file... – Jejune

we at the end of 2018 and there is no solution – Collogue

2019 but still no solution – Reinhardt

Still no solution!? – Terbecki

As of Jul 2019, you can list a folder, and delete its contents recursively, see my answer here: #37750147 – Intrusion

Almost end of 2019 but still directory deletion option is pending – Eclogite

2020 and still no solution to delete a folder? – Subreption

I'm no longer working on Firebase or at Google, so I can't speak authoritatively at this point, but I did build the original product. The normal Google Cloud Storage product doesn't support "folder level" deletes because folders do not exist (every object lives in a flat namespace, / in names just happens to make gsutil and the object viewer treat things as "files and folders", see cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/addlhelp/… for more). If GCS ever supports this, Cloud Storage for Firebase will, but I don't remember it being on their roadmap either. – Wastrel

Your solutions at this point are to implement client-side recursive delete, which is what the UI (Google Cloud and Firebase) as well as gsutil do. – Wastrel

It's kinda pity. I love firebase products, but a simple user delete from the app makes this whole firebase storage a nightmare. I have to find users profile pic, images of items and delete them one by one instead of just deleting the folder that would hold all of those pictures. :( – Unwitnessed

You can do this in 2020 await firebase().storage().bucket().deleteFiles({ prefix: 'path/to/directory' }) – Manifold

2022 and it still doen't work – Swaziland