https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146555#M633 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/211979">@fehrin1</a>&nbsp;,</P><P><SPAN>Both DBFS root and DBFS mounts are deprecated and not recommended by Databricks. But still&nbsp;dbfs://&nbsp;&nbsp;is an optional scheme when interacting with&nbsp;Unity Catalog&nbsp;volumes.</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23572iFFD4825BD31DE741/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:36:16 GMT szymon_dybczak 2026-02-02T13:36:16Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146549#M629 <P>Im i right, that only dbfs root access is deprecated and not dbfs as a whole?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:13:10 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146549#M629 fehrin1 2026-02-02T13:13:10Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146555#M633 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/211979">@fehrin1</a>&nbsp;,</P><P><SPAN>Both DBFS root and DBFS mounts are deprecated and not recommended by Databricks. But still&nbsp;dbfs://&nbsp;&nbsp;is an optional scheme when interacting with&nbsp;Unity Catalog&nbsp;volumes.</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23572iFFD4825BD31DE741/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" alt="szymon_dybczak_0-1770039320276.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:36:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146555#M633 szymon_dybczak 2026-02-02T13:36:16Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146557#M635 <P>So accessing volumes in the unified dictionary via dbfs: is not deprecated?</P> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:40:21 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146557#M635 fehrin1 2026-02-02T13:40:21Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146558#M636 <P>Yes</P> Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:43:19 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/dbfs-deprecation/m-p/146558#M636 szymon_dybczak 2026-02-02T13:43:19Z