Rule not deleting folders

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Rule not deleting folders Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:12 am • by JasonNewton
Hi there,

I have three rules that follow in succession but the last one that deletes empty folders does not work.

Here are the three rules. The first two work fine. Maybe someone could take a look at it.

When I check it with preview, I get the tick icons that tells me all is matching correctly.

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Kind Regards
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Re: Rule not deleting folders Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:28 pm • by JasonNewton
Okay, figured it out. The rule that looks for empty folders needs to be first in the list. No idea why that would be necessary but at least it now works.
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Re: Rule not deleting folders Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:21 am • by Mr_Noodle
Files/folders will stop at the first rule it matches. You need to either be careful about rule ordering or use the "Continue" action to allow rule processing to continue even after a match.
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