I need my psychoanalyst.
When I try to Delete a document library Folder with a lot of files and subfolder (SharePoint is a CMS… The probability to have large folders is very high), I get an error:
Error Code 36
Using Fiddler, I notice that the REST POST call
/sites/xxx-xxx/_api/web/GetFolderById(@a1)/recycle?@a1=%280acb4bee%2Ddf35%2D3818%2Dbdfd%2D7f49fff38d5d%27 HTTP/1.1
Fails with
500 Internal Server Error
a1
{"error":{"code":"-2130247161, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Cannot remove file \"mylargefolder\". Error Code: 36."}}}
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Then… This error is not very useful.
Only for test purpose, I tried to delete the entire document library which hosts my large folder and, in this case, the error is
/sites/xxx-xxx/_api/web/lists(@appId)/recycle?@appId=%3871234fff%2D8c58%2D5784%2Dbcd3%2Dff1d879f2cac%27 HTTP/1.1
500 Internal Server Error
e5
{"error":{"code":"-2147024860, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQueryThrottledException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator."}}}
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Ou belin, list view threshold …
Then, this is only a supposition:
I can delete a SharePoint object which exceeds the list view threshold.
What’s the right way?
Should I delete each folder one at a time since?
Have a nice day!
