# When will "Uncollected Garbage" be deleted? **URL:** \ **Category:** troubleshooting\ **Tags:** ttl, garbage-collector\ **Created:** [July 28, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327 "2024-07-28T20:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 399
**Author:** ![jammerdan](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/jammerdan/32/1121_2.png) [@jammerdan](https://forum.storj.io/u/jammerdan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327/399 "2024-09-02T16:14:11Z")
> [@Arkina](#): > > Is it safe to say files older than 7 Days can be deleted? > [@Trash does not go away in 7 days](https://forum.storj.io/t/trash-does-not-go-away-in-7-days/25936/46): > > If the undeleted trash directories are causing problems, you can `rm -rf` them yourself. If the timestamp from the directory name is more than 7 days ago, this will be 100% safe to do. > [@Arkina](#): > > Folders which are not named yyyy-mm-dd (aka two letterfodlers) are leftovers which can be removed? AFAIK these will not be deleted as they only have 2-letter names. But you can create a date folder like 1970-01-01 and move them into it.Then the trash chore will pick it up. Make sure you don’t create any nested subfolders in a date folder though. > [@Trash does not go away in 7 days](https://forum.storj.io/t/trash-does-not-go-away-in-7-days/25936/54): > > Huh, I wasn’t aware of those. That would definitely break trash collection. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/when-will-uncollected-garbage-be-deleted/27327)._