"Deleting Assets..." (What assets?)

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Hi everyone,

This is something that happens all the time in UE. I have a folder with a few meshes in it. None of the meshes in this folder are included in this level or any level in this project. I renamed the folder to make it shorter.

Problem 1: The folder I renamed is still there. It’s empty.
Problem 2: When I go to delete it, it asks if I’d like to force delete, though there’s nothing to replace.
Problem 3: It took several minutes to actually delete all of this nothing.

Here’s a pic. What’s up with this? It often happens when I make a material or something by accident and delete it, too. Sometimes it’ll just take over a minute. There are all these little delays while working in the engine and they add up, so I would love some info on this.

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This is a common question. It´s because of your redirectors (hidden by default in the content browser). So the folder is not really empty. As long as the redirector file is there you are not able to delete the folder. Use right click on it and “fix up redirectors in folder” to get rid of the redirectory. After this you can save delete the folder.

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Hi,

Yeah, this is a 2.4 year old question, though it’s important to point out that fix redirectors doesn’t always work either. I’ve had folders with no redirectors - nothing at all in them, 0 bytes of content- that won’t delete until I leave and re-enter UE.

Thanks for the answer though man! =)