megatools-rm(1)

💖 megatools-rm — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the page for megatools-rm, part of the megatools(1) suite. it removes stuff from your Mega.nz account. slay but also be careful, we'll get there. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

megatools rm — Remove files and folders from your Mega.nz account 🗑️💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

megatools rm <remotepaths>...
megatools rm /Contacts/<contactemail>

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

It removes files and folders from your Mega.nz account. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

NOTE: This command removes folders recursively without asking. Be careful. Like, fr fr, no take-backs, no "wait bestie undo that". 💀

And here's a lil special case for you: by removing a folder under /Contacts, you're removing a <contactemail> from your contacts list. so the same command does two totally different jobs depending on where you point it. iconic, honestly. 👑

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -u <email>, --username <email> — Account username (email). who even are you on here 💌
• -p <password>, --password <password> — Account password. the secret. the lore. 🔐
• --no-ask-password — Never ask interactively for a password. no prompting, no pop quiz, just go 🙈
• --reload — Reload filesystem cache. refreshes the vibes 🔄
• --limit-speed <speed> — Set maximum allowed upload and download speed in KiB/s. This option overrides config file settings. 0 means no limit. When using ParallelTransfers > 1, upload speed limit is applied to each transfer individually. 🐌➡️🐇
• --proxy <proxy> — Use proxy server to connect to mega.nz. This option overrides config file settings. More information can be found in libcurl documentation at <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PROXY.html>. Some acceptable values are:
  • none : Disable proxy if it was enabled in the config file.
  • socks5://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server
  • socks5h://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server with DNS handled by the proxy
• --netif <ifname|ip> — Network interface or local IP address used for outgoing connections. You have to specify IP address bound to some of your local network interfaces, when specifying an IP address. 🛰️
• --ip-proto <proto> — Which IP protocol to prefer when connecting to mega.nz (v4, v6, or any). This is just an advisory option. Megatools will resolve mega.nz domain, and then use an A or AAAA record based on the stated preference. it's a suggestion, not a demand ✨
• --config <path> — Load configuration from a file 📁
• --ignore-config-file — Disable loading .megarc 🚫
• --debug [<options>] — Enable debugging of various aspects of the megatools operation. You may enable multiple debugging options separated by commas. (eg. --debug api,fs) 🔍

Available options are:

• http: Dump HTTP request/response details (can be used to debug connection/proxy issues)
• api: Dump Mega.nz API calls
• fs: Dump Mega.nz filesystem (may require --reload to actually print something)
• cache: Dump cache contents
• tman: Dump transfer manager events

• --version — Show version information. the receipts 📜
• <remotepaths> — One or more remote files or directories to remove.
• <contactemail> — Valid email address of a contact you want to remove.

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✨ EXAMPLES ✨

• Remove a folder:

$ megatools ls /Root
/Root
/Root/MyNewFolder
$ megatools rm /Root/MyNewFolder
$ megatools ls /Root
/Root

• Remove contact from your contacts list:

$ megatools rm /Contacts/some@email.com

see? gone. poof. 🫶

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✨ REMOTE FILESYSTEM ✨

Mega.nz filesystem is represented as a tree of nodes of various types. Nodes are identified by a 8 character node handles (eg. 7Fdi3ZjC). Structure of the filesystem is not encrypted. 🌳

Megatools maps node tree structure to a traditional filesystem paths (eg. /Root/SomeFile.DAT).

NOTE: By the nature of Mega.nz storage, several files in the directory can have the same name. To allow access to such files, the names of conflicting files are extended by appending dot and their node handle like this: 😭

/Root/conflictingfile
/Root/conflictingfile.7Fdi3ZjC
/Root/conflictingfile.mEU23aSD

You need to be aware of several special folders:

• /Root — Writable directory representing the root of the filesystem. 👑
• /Trash — Trash directory where Mega.nz web client moves deleted files. This directory is not used by megatools when removing files. 🗑️
• /Inbox — Not sure. (no cap, that's literally what it says 💀)
• /Contacts — Directory containing subdirectories representing your contacts list. If you want to add contacts to the list, simply create subdirectory named after the contact you want to add.
• /Contacts/<email> — Directories representing individual contacts in your contacts list. These directories contain folders that others shared with you. All shared files are read-only, at the moment. 🔒

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

megatools(1), megarc(5), megatools-df(1), megatools-dl(1), megatools-get(1), megatools-ls(1), megatools-mkdir(1), megatools-put(1), megatools-reg(1), megatools-rm(1), megatools-copy(1). the whole friend group 🫂

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✨ MEGATOOLS ✨

Part of the megatools(1) suite of commands. 🌈

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✨ BUGS ✨

There is no upstream support for bugreports and feature requests. But you can send code patches to megatools@xff.cz <mailto:megatools@xff.cz> to get them integrated into upstream repository. not me dropping a patch instead of a complaint 💅

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Megatools was written by Ondrej Jirman <megatools@xff.cz <mailto:megatools@xff.cz>>, 2013-2022. 🫶

Official website is <https://xff.cz/megatools/>.

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and that's the whole page, bestie — megatools-rm(1), dated 11 July 2025, and this one lives in the megatools source/version set. go forth and delete responsibly, mwah 💋✨