Bulk Delete an Extensions Voicemails Debian

[user57659]

I have an extension that has been spammed, it now has 2900 voicemail messages.

I would like to bulk delete all the voicemails for this extension

I have tried this below:

cd /var/lib/3cxpbx/Instance1/Data/Ivr/Voicemail/Extensions/4280

sudo rm -rf *

then I get an error message

unable to execute /bin/rm: Argument list too long

Any help would be appreciated

 

[YiannisH_3CX]

Hello @user57659

I have not tried deleting some many voicemails but the following command worked for me:

rm -rf /var/lib/3cxpbx/Instance1/Data/Ivr/Voicemail/Extensions/4280/*

Alternatively you can access the instance using an FTP client and delete them that way.

 

[user57659]

I tried the above command and all the messages are still there, not sure how to do the FTP option

 

[YiannisH_3CX]

You can download an FTP client like Filezila or WinSCP and access the Debian instance that way. Then you can navigate to the folder like you would do in Windows and delete its contents.