Users Drive Cleanup

Users - Drive - Cleanup

• API documentation
• Definitions
• Display empty folders
• Delete empty folders
• Empty the trash on My Drive
• Empty the trash on a Shared Drive
• Delete contents of My Drive

API documentation

• https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files

Definitions

• <DriveFileEntity>
• <UserTypeEntity>

<SharedDriveID> ::= <String>
<SharedDriveName> ::= <String>
<SharedDriveEntity> ::=
        <SharedDriveID>|(teamdriveid <SharedDriveID>)|(teamdriveid:<SharedDriveID>)|
        (teamdrive <SharedDriveName>)|(teamdrive:<SharedDriveName>)

Display empty folders

gam <UserTypeEntity> print emptydrivefolders [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [select <DriveFileEntity>]
        [pathdelimiter <Character>]

By default, empty folders on My Drive are displayed. Use select <DriveFileEntity> to select a Shared Drive or an alternate starting point folder on My Drive or a Shared Drive.

By default, folder path components are separated by /; use pathdelimiter <Character> to use <Character> as the separator.

Delete empty folders

gam <UserTypeEntity> delete emptydrivefolders
        [select <DriveFileEntity>]
        [<SharedDriveEntity>]
        [pathdelimiter <Character>]

By default, empty folders on My Drive are deleted(purged). Use select <DriveFileEntity> to select a Shared Drive or an alternate starting point folder on My Drive or a Shared Drive.

By default, folder path components are separated by /; use pathdelimiter <Character> to use <Character> as the separator.

Empty the trash on My Drive

gam <UserTypeEntity> empty drivetrash

Empty the trash on a Shared Drive

gam <UserTypeEntity> empty drivetrash <SharedDriveEntity>

Delete contents of My Drive

The following commands will delete the contents of a user's My Drive.

This is not reversible, Think before proceeding.

Method 1

• Generate a complete list of files/folders that a user owns; this gives you a record of the files/folders that will be deleted.
• This list may be quite large.
• Delete the top level files/folders; orphans will be deleted.

Show current drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt user user@domain.com show drivesettings

Generate an initial list of files.

gam redirect csv ./InitialFileList.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,basicpermissions,parents fullpath showdepth orderby name

Purge top level files/folders; includes orphans.

gam config csv_input_row_filter "depth:count=0" redirect stdout ./PurgeTopLevelFilesFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./InitialFileList.csv gam user "~Owner" purge drivefile "~id"

Generate list of remaining files/folders; this list should be empty; investigate if not.

gam redirect csv ./FinalFileList.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,basicpermissions,parents fullpath showdepth orderby name

Show updated drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt append user user@domain.com show drivesettings

Method 2

• Generate a list of top level files/folders that a user owns.
• Delete them; orphans are not included
• Generate a list of remaining file/folders (orphans).
• Delete them.

Show current drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt user user@domain.com show drivesettings

Get list of top level files/folders.

GAM version 6.22.14 and higher:

gam redirect csv ./TopLevelFilesFolders.csv user user@domain.com print filelist select rootid fields id,name,mimetype depth 0

GAM version 6.22.13 and lower.

gam user user@domain.com show fileinfo root fields id
User: user@domain.com, Show 1 Drive File/Folder
  Drive Folder: My Drive (0AENlVEBUkz-hUkWXYZ)
    id: 0AENlVEBUkz-hUkWXYZ
gam redirect csv ./TopLevelFilesFolders.csv user user@domain.com print filelist select 0AENlVEBUkz-hUkWXYZ fields id,name,mimetype depth 0

Purge top level files/folders.

gam redirect stdout ./PurgeTopLevelFilesFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./TopLevelFilesFolders.csv gam user "~Owner" purge drivefile "~id"

Get list of remaining files/folders; this list will typically be empty but will list orphans if they exist.

gam redirect csv ./OrphanFilesFolders.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,parents fullpath showdepth

Purge top level orphan files/folders; sub files/folders will also be deleted.

gam config csv_input_row_filter "depth:count=0" redirect stdout ./PurgeOrphanFilesFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./OrphanFilesFolders.csv gam user "~Owner" purge drivefile "~id"

Generate list of remaining files/folders; this list should be empty; investigate if not.

gam redirect csv ./FinalFileList.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,basicpermissions,parents fullpath showdepth orderby name

Show updated drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt append user user@domain.com show drivesettings

Method 3

• GAM version 6.30.09 and higher
• Generate a list of top level files/folders that a user owns.
• Delete them; orphans are not included
• Generate a list of remaining file/folders (orphans).
• Delete them.

Show current drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt user user@domain.com show drivesettings

Get list of top level files/folders if desired.

gam redirect csv ./TopLevelFilesFolders.csv user user@domain.com print filelist my_top_items fields id,name,mimetype

Purge top level files/folders.

gam redirect stdout ./PurgeTopLevelFilesFolders.txt redirect stderr stdout user user@domain.com purge drivefile my_top_items

Get list of remaining files/folders; this list will typically be empty but will list orphans if they exist.

gam redirect csv ./OrphanFilesFolders.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,parents fullpath showdepth

Purge top level orphan files/folders; sub files/folders will also be deleted.

gam config csv_input_row_filter "depth:count=0" redirect stdout ./PurgeOrphanFilesFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./OrphanFilesFolders.csv gam user "~Owner" purge drivefile "~id"

Generate list of remaining files/folders; this list should be empty; investigate if not.

gam redirect csv ./FinalFileList.csv user user@domain.com print filelist fields id,name,mimetype,basicpermissions,parents fullpath showdepth orderby name

Show updated drive usage.

gam redirect stdout ./DrivefileUsage.txt append user user@domain.com show drivesettings