How to use purge

[JonMikelV]

Have you tried the steps shown here yet?

How to delete some folder or/and files inside each backup version

Below is the help text for purge but I believe basically it would be to either run a command line like the following in a shell: “C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2\Duplicati.CommandLine.exe” purge “googledrive:///MyBackups/Duplicati/GoogleDrive?authid=MyAuthID” File1ToBeDeleted.txt File2ToBeDeleted.exe --dbpath="" Or in the GUI you could: select the “Commandline …” job menu item- select purge from the Command list delete anything in “Commandline arguments” click “Edit as text” across from “Adva…

Try posting the actual error message & logs - it’s possible there’s an underlying issue that’s keeping the purge from being able to complete.