---
type: API Endpoint
title: "Empty trash"
description: "Endpoint for permanently emptying a user's trash directory."
tags: [api, terrain, endpoints, filesystem]
status: stable
generated: { by: process:okf-migration, at: 2026-07-29T00:00:00Z }
---
Emptying a User's Trash Directory
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__URL Path__: /secured/filesystem/trash

__HTTP Method__: DELETE

__Error Codes__: ERR_NOT_A_USER

__Request Query Parameters__:

__Response__:

    {
        "trash" : "/path/to/user's/trash/dir/",
        "paths" : [
                "/path/to/deleted/file",
        ]
    }

__Curl Command__:

    curl -H "$AUTH_HEADER" -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:3000/secured/filesystem/trash