# Maven - Delete SNAPSHOT task leaves folder behind

## post by alan.mochoruk on Mar 12, 2025

Recently we upgraded our Nexus repository from the OrientDb database to the Postgres database. The upgrade went fine but now I notice that artifacts that are being removed by the Maven - Delete SNAPSHOT task are leaving behind an empty folder with the old artifact name now being the folder name. I’ve included a screenshot showing the files now just becoming folders. Is there another step needed now for maintaining the Postgres database to clean these up that I’m not aware of? I see the same action with cleanup tasks for snapshot repositories but release repositories clean up fine.

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