https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-read-deleted-files-in-adls/m-p/50709#M28868 <P>We have soft delete enabled in adls for 3 days, And we have manually deleted some checkpoint files size 3 tb approx. Each file is just couple of bytes like 30 b, 40 b. The deleted file size is increasing day by day even after couple of days. Suppose I deleted on 10th Nov, today its 11th Nov and its showing deleted time as of today in Azure Storage Explorer.&nbsp;</P><P>- How is this deletion working here?&nbsp;</P><P>- Is there any way I can read those deleted files or get count of those deleted files from databricks?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:07:09 GMT pankz-104 2023-11-09T06:07:09Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-read-deleted-files-in-adls/m-p/50709#M28868 <P>We have soft delete enabled in adls for 3 days, And we have manually deleted some checkpoint files size 3 tb approx. Each file is just couple of bytes like 30 b, 40 b. The deleted file size is increasing day by day even after couple of days. Suppose I deleted on 10th Nov, today its 11th Nov and its showing deleted time as of today in Azure Storage Explorer.&nbsp;</P><P>- How is this deletion working here?&nbsp;</P><P>- Is there any way I can read those deleted files or get count of those deleted files from databricks?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:07:09 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-read-deleted-files-in-adls/m-p/50709#M28868 pankz-104 2023-11-09T06:07:09Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-read-deleted-files-in-adls/m-p/55159#M30250 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/93231">@pankz-104</a>&nbsp;,</P> <P>Just a friendly follow-up. Did you have time to test Kaniz's recommendations? do you still have issues? please let us know</P> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:46:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-read-deleted-files-in-adls/m-p/55159#M30250 jose_gonzalez 2023-12-12T19:46:16Z