If I open up the Everything app and search for .delete, I can see that there are multiple files with .delete extensions for both generated files and scene video files.
Am I doing something wrong that makes these generate? A bunch of them are there for scenes that don’t even exist anymore and they take up a good chunk of space. Is there any way to tell stash to clean for these too instead of having to manually check every now and then?
Did you add a Trash path?
No I’ve just left it to permanently delete by default, and I would rather have that work if possible
aside from weird ACL errors, there’s [Bug Report] Long filenames cause cryptic deletion errors · Issue #3664 · stashapp/stash · GitHub
I would watch the logs when you try to delete. If you don’t have trash set up, then it’s likely something is up and the logs should clear things up
Nevermind the last message, I was saying a bunch of rubbish. Turns out it just happened a bit ago.
time=“2026-03-08 01:38:57” level=warning msg=“Error deleting file “N:\\.233542541\\Stashed\\cjod-500ch\\cjod-500ch.mp4.delete”: remove N:\.233542541\Stashed\cjod-500ch\cjod-500ch.mp4.delete: Access is denied.”
What would cause access being denied like that?
Thanks!
Could running as admin possibly help?
Permissions issue. If you’re running from windows right click the network share → properties → security and make sure the user stash is running as has modify permissions. Running as admin could help but would just be bypassing any access control you have set up
I’ll give that a go, thank you so much!