FileBot

I'm using NFS shares, and after Filebot is complete, the are empty folders left. How do I specify auto-deletion of the empty source folders on completion?

Are you using the GUI or the CLI? (NOTE: The GUI will auto-delete left-behind empty folders by default. The CLI has the --apply prune option.)


Are the folders empty? Are the folders really empty from the server point-of-view which may prevent FileBot from deleting a folder even if the delete commands are sent. What does the log say?

Hi, is there a way to disable the auto-delete of empty folders using the GUI?? I actually don't want this feature active.
Thanks

grapii wrote: ↑20 Aug 2025, 08:51 Hi, is there a way to disable the auto-delete of empty folders using the GUI??

Technically, no. But you could just create a hidden file, making the folder not empty, disabling the auto-delete of empty folders feature. A Custom Post-Processing Script could do this automatically after files are named / moved. If you're processing files within the same file system, then you could also just hardlink files?


What is your reasoning? What is your use case? What is the name of the folder you want to not auto-delete? Presumably it's not something like an empty folder named Stargate SG1/Season 1 and instead maybe something like a Downloads folder?

I have this workflow folder structure, 1. PLEX CLEANED, 2. PLEX RENAMED. 1. PLEX CLEANED contains files (movies/tv shows), flat, not in subfolders, that have ran through MKVtoolNix to remove unwanted tracks, I then run FileBot over those files which renames them and moves them to 2. PLEX RENAMED into relevant subfolders (Movies / TV Shows), which is great, however this leaves 1. PLEX CLEANED empty, which FileBot deletes. I then have to recreate it to place new files that need cleaning, I would prefer to keep this top level folder intact and not get deleted each FileBot run.

I see. So your request is rather "do auto-delete folders like Stargate SG1 or Season 1 but do not auto-delete folders like PLEX CLEANED or PLEX RENAMED".


The thing that you can do about that is to simply add an extra file to your PLEX CLEANED / PLEX RENAMED folders. A 0-byte hidden file will do the trick.


The thing that I can do is add PLEX CLEANED and PLEX RENAMED to the list. FileBot doesn't delete well-known folder names like Downloads, complete, etc.

That would be great, just to confirm though the folders start with a number, so it’s:

1. PLEX CLEANED
2. PLEX RENAMED

Thanks

I see. I could not have guessed that. Make sure to include these kinds of details in the future, here or elsewhere.