How to delete corrupted files?

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Hi there!
I have corrupted file in my config folder as you can see on this screenshot:

corrupt
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when I try to delete them, windows 10 prompts “File name too long or invalid file name syntax”,
I found some workaround online to delete them from powershell but that neither work.
Is there a way to deal with this? Through SSH maybe?

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Try renaming it to to broken.db then delete it

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I tried but any operation on these files through windows 10 prompts “File name too long or invalid file name syntax”

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CLI indeed… go to the prompt with ssh and remove them.

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Yep, in that case the home assistant ssh addon or any other terminal you have setup already

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thanks all,
it worked through ssh. :grinning:

note for people in the same case in the future:

to delete a file in the config folder:
config rm yourfilename

to paste from windows clipboard in the ssh terminal:
shift+insert

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ctrl +shift+v seems to work for pasting in most terminals also.

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