Box delete file

Delete a file from Box.

Note: This is an external action and may execute on servers running outside your data center Centralized locations used to house servers used by Nintex for remote storage, processing, or distribution of data. Nintex has a number of regional data centers available for Nintex for Office 365. For information about Nintex data centers and where your data center is located, contact your Nintex account or territory manager. region. Before implementing, consider performance and regional concerns where digital boundaries are an issue. For more information, see In-tenant and external actions.

Action settings

Do one of the following to open the Action configuration window:

  • Double-click the action.
  • Click on the action and then click Configure.

See Action configuration window for more information.

Field Description
Source folder

Specify the source folder name. Example: \Folder A\Subfolder A
File name

Specify the filename (including extension) for deletion.
Authorizing user

Specify an email address for the authorization request. External email addresses can be used.

  1. When the action runs, an email with the below content is sent to the email address selected for the Authorizing user.

    2. From: notification@nintexlive.com

    Subject: Contains phrases "Nintex Live" and "Request authorization".

    Contents: Contains links to authorize or deny the operation.

  2. When the link to provide authorization is clicked the user is prompted to do the following:
    1. Log in to the external service.
    2. Allow Nintex Live to access the external service.
    3. Option to stop receiving future authorization requests for the service.

If the authorizationis not provided for one of the following reasons, the workflow is suspended.

  • The authorizing user denies the authorization request by:
    • Clicking the deny link in the email received.
    • Not allowing Nintex live to access the external service.

    The workflow is suspended with the error "The service request has been denied".

  • Authorization is not provided within 7 days after the authorization request is sent.
    • The authorizing user never clicks the authorize link in the email message.
    • The authorizing user initiates the process by clicking the link but does not complete all steps. For example, the authorizing user logs in to the external service but does not complete the step to allow Nintex Live to access the external service.

    • The workflow is suspended with the error "The service request has expired".
Deletion successful

Specify a Boolean variable to store whether or not the Box file was deleted. Returns "Yes" if the file was successfully deleted.
For more information about how to use Lookups in configuration fields, see Lookups in action configuration fields.