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Permanently deletes a folder that is in the trash. This action cannot be undone.
Request
bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json
Path Parameters
stringin pathrequired
12345The unique identifier that represent a folder.
The ID for any folder can be determined
by visiting this folder in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/folder/123
the folder_id is 123.
The root folder of a Box account is
always represented by the ID 0.
Response
none
Returns an empty response when the folder was permanently deleted.
application/jsonClient error
Returns an error if the folder is not in the trash.
application/jsonClient error
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
cURL
curl -i -X DELETE "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/4353455/trash" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"TypeScript Gen
await client.trashedFolders.deleteTrashedFolderById(folder.id);Python Gen
client.trashed_folders.delete_trashed_folder_by_id(folder.id).NET Gen
await client.TrashedFolders.DeleteTrashedFolderByIdAsync(folderId: folder.Id);Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.trashedFolders.deleteTrashedFolderById(folderId: folder.id)Java
String folder = "123456";
BoxTrash trash = new BoxTrash(api);
trash.deleteFolder(folderID);Python
folder = client.folder(folder_id='22222')
client.trash().permanently_delete_item(folder)
print('The folder was deleted from trash!').NET
await client.FoldersManager.PurgeTrashedFolderAsync("22222");Node
client.folders.deletePermanently('22222')
.then(() => {
// deletion succeeded — no value returned
});