# FTP delete

### Description

The `FTP delete` action deletes files on an FTP server.

### Options

#### General tab

| Option                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Action name                | The name of the workflow action.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Server                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Protocol                   | <ul><li>FTP</li><li>FTPS</li><li>SFTP</li><li>SSH</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| FTP server name/IP address | The name of the server or the IP address.                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Server Port                | Port number of the FTP server.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Username                   | The user name associated with FTP server account.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Password                   | The password associated the FTP server account.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Connection type            | <p>FTPS connection type.</p><ul><li>FTP</li><li>Implicit SSL</li><li>Authentication SSL</li><li>Implicit SSL with crypted FTP connection</li><li>Authentication TLS</li><li>Implicit TLS</li><li>Implicit TLS with crypted FTP connection</li></ul> |
| Use proxy                  | Whether or not to use a proxy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Proxy host                 | Proxy server host name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Proxy port                 | Proxy server port number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Proxy username             | Proxy server account user name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Proxy password             | Proxy server account password.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Use Public Key             | Whether or not to use a public key with an SSH connection.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Key file                   | The public key file.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Browse…​                   | Browse the filesystem for a public key file.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Key passphrase             | The public key passphrase.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Test connection            | Tests the configured connection.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

#### Files tab

| Option                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Advanced                                |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Timeout                                 | The timeout period.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Use active FTP connection               | Enable if you are connecting to the FTP server using Active mode; you must set your firewall to accept connections to the port that your FTP client will open. The default is Passive mode. |
| Remote                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Copy previous results to args?          | Remote directory                                                                                                                                                                            |
| The directory on the remote FTP server. | Check folder                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Checks if the directory exists.         | Wildcard (regular expression)                                                                                                                                                               |
| Success condition                       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Success on                              | <p>The success condition</p><ul><li>All works fine</li><li>At least we delete x files</li><li>Nr errors less than</li></ul>                                                                 |
| Limit files                             | Sets a limit to the number of deleted files (default 10).                                                                                                                                   |

#### Socks Proxy tab

| Option   | Description                                        |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Host     | Socks Proxy host name.                             |
| Port     | Socks Proxy port number.                           |
| Username | User name associated with the Socks Proxy account. |
| Password | Password associated with the Socks Proxy account.  |


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