# Copy, move or delete files Acquire / filesystem A variant of [List files and folders](https://meridian.online/operations/list-files-and-folders). Copy, move, rename, delete or create files and folders as a side effect of the workflow. Page: ## Status Not built yet. arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#list-files-and-folders) ## What other tools call it Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3). - Azure Data Factory: [`Delete Activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/delete-activity) (read 2026-09-27) - Duckle: [`File Operation`](https://github.com/slothflowlabs/duckle/blob/f85f8960edfb6efbf4cb89d58a7b32e16df0e867/frontend/src/workflow-ui/palette-data.ts) (read 2026-09-25) - EasyMorph: [`File command`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:filecommand) (read 2026-09-27) - EasyMorph: [`Split delimited file`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:filesplitter) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Copy Files`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/copyfiles.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Create a folder`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/createfolder.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Create file`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/createfile.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Delete file`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/deletefile.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Delete files`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/deletefiles.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Delete folders`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/deletefolders.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Move files`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/movefiles.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Process files`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/processfiles.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Process result filenames`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/processresultfilenames.html) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Create Folder`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*X_rjR9_83E8gHArf?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Create Temp Folder`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*wCzvAb6n1kWy3KjT?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Delete Files/Folders`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*AveTBIKBuvx1L_mX?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Delete Files/Folders (Table)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*K5xuK3hH08_teaBv?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Explorer Writer`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*woSrU7n2mR79wtbw?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Set Files/Folders Permissions`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*JTCV2cgpbRTg_KeX?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Transfer Files`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*44-o-1aGfQ_mRTaI?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Transfer Files (Table)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*CqH-g_DOeABtqfWr?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache NiFi: [`DeleteFile`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.DeleteFile/) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache NiFi: [`Object and file store delete, copy, move and tag processors (family)`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/) (read 2026-09-27) - Pentaho Data Integration: [`Process files`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Cloud storage Delete operators (family)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/index.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Copy File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/files/copy_file.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Copy Repository Entry`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/copy_repository_entry.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Create Directory`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/files/create_directory.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Create Google Drive Folder`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/cloud_storage/google_drive/create_folder_google_drive.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Delete File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/files/delete_file.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Delete Repository Entry`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/delete_repository_entry.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Move File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/files/move_file.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Move Repository Entry`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/move_repository_entry.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Rename File`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/utility/files/rename_file.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Rename Repository Entry`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/rename_repository_entry.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Talend: [`tCreateTemporaryFile`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/tcreatetemporaryfile/tcreatetemporaryfile-component) (read 2026-09-27) - Talend: [`tFileCopy`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/tfilecopy/tfilecopy-component) (read 2026-09-27) - Talend: [`tFileDelete`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/tfiledelete/tfiledelete-component) (read 2026-09-27) - Talend: [`tFileTouch`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/tfiletouch/tfiletouch-component) (read 2026-09-27)