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  • August 21, 2021
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Can we use Renovator to delete assets?  I have 10K+ assets in a folder that has sub folders that I need to retain - not clear on best/easiest tool to use.

 

 

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Best answer by diksha_mishra

@g_369 since you have sub folders that needs to be retained, the best way to do this bulk delete would be from CRXDE. Steps below:

1. Go to https://server/crxde

2. Create a new folder under /content/dam/newfolder or same level as your folder

3. Locate the folder where 10k assets reside.

3. Move the subfolders to newly created folder by dragging and dropping them.

4. Now the problematic folder only contains 10k assets.

5. Select this folder>Delete

6. Refresh the folders to confirm delete has worked as expected.

 

Note: the only drawback in this case is that if subfolders were published earlier, they need to be republished (as have new location now). This can be easily done using tree replication. You might need to update page references of these assets also. Try this on a local instance or lower environment to understand the impact better. 

 

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diksha_mishra
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August 21, 2021

@g_369 since you have sub folders that needs to be retained, the best way to do this bulk delete would be from CRXDE. Steps below:

1. Go to https://server/crxde

2. Create a new folder under /content/dam/newfolder or same level as your folder

3. Locate the folder where 10k assets reside.

3. Move the subfolders to newly created folder by dragging and dropping them.

4. Now the problematic folder only contains 10k assets.

5. Select this folder>Delete

6. Refresh the folders to confirm delete has worked as expected.

 

Note: the only drawback in this case is that if subfolders were published earlier, they need to be republished (as have new location now). This can be easily done using tree replication. You might need to update page references of these assets also. Try this on a local instance or lower environment to understand the impact better. 

 

    manpreetk908
    manpreetk908
    Level 4
    August 23, 2021

    Hi Diksha,

     

    We also had a similar use case in our project and need to move close to 100k assets to a different folder. We tried using AEM OOTB move functionality but it is extremely slow. I wanted to know if ACS Refactor is efficient than AEM OOTB operations of move, delete etc.? Any other suggestion that we could have utilized for our user case?

     

    Thanks,

    Manpreet

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