Manually Clearing Large Recycle Bins

Administrators may need to use a tool to manually clear overfilled recycle bins that contain more than:

• 100K of files
• 1000 folders

Why?

• When a user tries to empty their overfilled recycle bin, you may see errors in the Admin Portal. 

To manually clear an overfilled recycle bin:

1. On the FileCloud Server, open the Command Prompt application.

2. To calculate the recycle bin size, type the following command:

   C:\xampp\htdocs\resources\tools\fileutils> c:\xampp\php\php.exe emptyrecyclebin.php -h default -u tester -s

3. To simulate emptying of the recycle bin, type the following command:

   C:\xampp\htdocs\resources\tools\fileutils> c:\xampp\php\php.exe emptyrecyclebin.php -h default -u tester

4. To empty the recycle bin, type the following command:

   C:\xampp\htdocs\resources\tools\fileutils> c:\xampp\php\php.exe emptyrecyclebin.php -h default -u tester –r