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Why can’t I delete a folder with more than 1000 objects in the UI?

This article helps you to understand the detailed behavior of folder deletions in the ICSC.

Problem

When deleting a folder in the Impossible Cloud Storage Console (ICSC) that contains more than 1000 objects, you may notice that:

  • The deletion appears successful at first.
  • After refreshing the folder, it reappears with different objects still inside.

Why is this happening?

The Management Console displays up to 1000 objects at a time (10 pages × 100 objects) as described in our documentation. When you perform actions directly in the UI, they apply to the objects currently displayed. If a folder contains more than that, the remaining objects will appear once you refresh the view.

Recommended ways to delete larger folders

There are different ways that we recommend to delete larger folders and amount of objects in a bucket:

  1. If your goal is to delete the whole bucket, please use the 'empty bucket' feature and delete the bucket afterwards.
  2. Use the CLI for large scale operations and recursively delete folders with any number of objects.
  3. Use a S3 browser tool (such as S3 browser or Cyberdruck) to delete entire folders regardless of size.

Note: A comparable situation occurs when attempting to delete a folder that contains versioned and/or object-locked objects. In this case, deletion only creates delete markers, so the folder may appear empty while still retaining data. To ensure proper cleanup, we recommend using the CLI or the 'empty bucket' feature (if the whole bucket should be cleaned). This should be done after the retention period of the objects has expired.