Removing folder inside a container

Question

I am writing a powershell script to delete blobs inside my storage account. I have a container named test and inside test I have multiple folders like "Group1", "Group2" etc upto "GroupN". And each of these folders have 1000s of blobs inside them. My goal is to write a powershell script that can delete the folder in the easiest way.

I was able to fetch the blob references but that made me iterate through the references and delete the blob individually instead of deleting the entire folder. Below is the script I have written.

$existingStorageAccount = Get-AzureRmStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -AccountName $storageAccountName
$existingContainer = Get-AzureStorageContainer -Context $existingStorageAccount.Context -Name $containerName
$existingBlob = Get-AzureStorageBlob -Context  $existingStorageAccount.Context -Container $containerName -Prefix "Group1"

At this point I have the list of blobs inside the folder but then I have to loop through them which will perform poorly when I have 1000s of blobs inside the folder.

Is there a simpler way to delete the folder "Group1"?

This is a shot in the dark, but couldn't you use Remove-AzureStorageContainer with the -force parameter? — I.T Delinquent, Jun 12 '19 at 09:46
But that will remove every folders inside that container right? I just want to delete a specific folder inside the container — DevMJ, Jun 12 '19 at 10:00
Found this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30523409/delete-folders-inside-azure-blob-storage-container/30591550 It appears that the folders don't actually exist... — I.T Delinquent, Jun 12 '19 at 10:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '19 at 10:10

I have found this StackOverflow thread in which "Mahesh Jasti" explained that the folders aren't actually real:

It is all logical representation of folder structure and you can ignore the folders under any container

I believe looping would be your only option :)

Removing folder inside a container

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