rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdir.md

---
date: 2020-02-01T10:26:53Z
title: "rclone rmdir"
slug: rclone_rmdir
url: /commands/rclone_rmdir/
---
## rclone rmdir

Remove the path if empty.

### Synopsis


Remove the path.  Note that you can't remove a path with
objects in it, use purge for that.

```
rclone rmdir remote:path [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for rmdir
```

See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.

### SEE ALSO

* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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			`slug: rclone_rmdir`
			`url: /commands/rclone_rmdir/`
			`---`
			`## rclone rmdir`

			`Remove the path if empty.`

			`### Synopsis`


			`Remove the path. Note that you can't remove a path with`
			`objects in it, use purge for that.`

			```
Version v1.38 2017-09-30 23:19:47 +10:00			`rclone rmdir remote:path [flags]`
			```

			`### Options`

			```
			`-h, --help help for rmdir`
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docs: add a new page with global flags and link to it from the command docs In f544234 we removed the global flags from each command as it was making each page very big and causing 1000s of lines of duplication in the man page. This change adds a new flags page with all the global flags on and links each command page to it. Fixes #3273 2019-06-21 01:18:02 +10:00			`See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.`

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