Allow recursive deletion of folder (folder and its contents) Not planned

Jeff Kowalski

Sometimes I want to remove an entire folder by pressing the Trash Can icon (delete).  If there are contents in the folder, I'm presently required to remove them first.  That's a drag because it is many extra steps to "Bulk Ops" the contents, drag through the table, delete those items.  And only then can I get back to my original objective - delete the entire folder.

So, instead of a requirement to delete all interior items, please implement a confirmation dialog that asks "Folder contains many items.  Delete those as well?"

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  • Comment author
    Rachel
    • Official comment

    This is not something we plan to implement due to the risk of accidentally deleting maps. 

  • Comment author
    Jeff Kowalski

    Perhaps a confirmation dialog would be an acceptable way to prevent accidents while still allowing the convenience?

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  • Comment author
    caver456

    Because of OP's mention of Bulk Ops, he's probably referring to items within a map - not referring to account-level-items.  Agreed that the ability to recursively delete an account-level folder sounds scary.  I've wished for delete-folder-and-all-contents inside a map too a few times, though potential accidental misuse could be dodgy.  Maybe this makes more sense once Undo is up and running?

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  • Comment author
    steve.levy

    I agree

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