filter totally empty folders

[sk2107]

Hello,

How can I filter the folders which are totally empty with no files in them (sometimes folders could contain Zero files size which are put for a reason and shouldn't be deleted).


Thank you.

Regards

[NotNull]

(moved to Everything 1.5 forum)

Everything has an empty: search function that does just that: showing folders without any files or folders in them.


But to be more secure, I use a different search query:
As Everything works from a database, there might be differences between what Everything sees and what the reality looks like.
(but I must say that Everything does a good job in being up-to-date).
I also exclude reparse points ("links" to other folders). With all that, this is what I use:

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empty:   child-file-count-from-disk:0   child-folder-count-from-disk:0   !attrib:L

[sk2107]

I will try that.

thanks a lot.

Best regards

[NotNull]

You're welcome!

Just realized that for offline folders, size-from-disk can not be measured.

Luckily you can't delete folders on offline media, so impact is minimal.
However, to be on the safe side: version 2 ....

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empty:   online:   child-file-count-from-disk:0   child-folder-count-from-disk:0   !attrib:L

[sk2107]

Yes I got that.

thank you

Best regards

[therube]

(Dated at this point, so don't know if the part dealing with hard links still applies ?, but... Remove Empty Directories.)