How to do a bulk delete on blobs in a blob storage using java

Question

I have blobs which I want to delete via java application.

eg:
translation/2020/en/MOD1-en.zip
translation/2020/en/MOD2-en.zip
translation/2020/en/MOD3-en.zip
translation/2020/de/MOD1-de.zip
translation/2020/de/MOD1-de.zip

I want to delete all blobs starting with "translation/2020/en".
today what I do is deleting the files one by one.

code:

  final ListBlobsOptions listBlobsOptions =
          new ListBlobsOptions().setPrefix("translation/2020/en/");

  for (BlobItem blobItem : releaseContainer.listBlobs(listBlobsOptions, Duration.ofSeconds(60))) {
     final BlobClient sourceBlobClient = releaseContainer.getBlobClient(blobItem.getName());
     sourceBlobClient.delete();
  }

Is there a easy way to do this without deleting the blobs one by one?

Any help regarding this is much appreciated.
/Kosala

Answer 1

@Kosala De Silva For better understanding: Have you referred Delete multiple blobs in a single request to the service.

For more information: Please refer to this article:

Bulk Deleting Blobs

Hope this helps!Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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