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how to delete bilions files from qnap

Pay attention to this guide because you could damage the machine

enable ssh access on qnap

Control panel -> Network & File Services -> Telnet /SSH

Enter in Qnap via SSH

Download Putty and login in qnap using name or ip address, username and password of administrator user.

 

Find your folder

All of you shares are under /share/<sharename>

Delete

cd /shares/myshare1/mydir
pwd
find . -type f -print -delete

The ‘pwd’ command will print the name of the directory you will be deleting the files from. This command will delete every file in the directory and print its name in your console (-print option).