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NTGR-OPS
Jan 22, 2018Tutor
Delete Folder created by Readycloud App Backup
Hi More of an annoyance than anything else, but I want to delete folders created by the backup feature of the readycould app. They are empty, and are still resident on my Backup share. I try an...
Marc_V
Jan 23, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi NTGR-OPS
What firmware are you running? I tried to do the same on my NAS by deleting the Backup folder on the admin page that has been created by ReadyCloud app and it does not come back.
Regards
NTGR-OPS
Jan 26, 2018Tutor
I'm running 6.9.1 and have just updated to 6.9.2, so running the latest FW.
If I move the folders, they re-appear. Moved folders can be deleted.
I can create new folders in the share, and delete those.
I'm wondering if I should create a new share, do some renaming and moving and then try and delete the entire share, but really what I want to do is just to delete these folders. I'm thinking that they are protected because Readycloud backup thinks they need to be there for a backup. A backup that won't happen because I've turned it off on the PC.
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