# Duplicate recording's file in trash

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-recordings-file-in-trash/1579>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-recordings-file-in-trash/1579 "2018-08-08T14:36:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Kollen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/mike_kollen/32/669_2.png) [@Mike\_Kollen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Mike_Kollen)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-recordings-file-in-trash/1579/1 "2018-08-08T14:36:21Z")

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Hi Everyone

If you follow next steps you will get duplicate file in TRASH

1. Create meeting and recording. We have 2 files in recording  
 ![](https://support.zoom.us/hc/user_images/DQOxdDirrlyCtpLrx0fwUQ.jpeg)
2. Delete&nbsp;VIDEO file toTRASH. We will see deleted VIDEO file in trash  
 ![](https://support.zoom.us/hc/user_images/bad1G75W_HIZ9uOGdfsB2g.jpeg)
3. In recording we delete AUDIO file to trash  
 ![](https://support.zoom.us/hc/user_images/Qt5WtdJLjN3PN8ck561lXQ.jpeg)
4. Go to trash and we will see two FILES  
 ![](https://support.zoom.us/hc/user_images/BFmkjlbc8zQSbGaQxIM4lw.jpeg)

Why do we see two files?

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After these steps I want to delete audio FILE from TRASH permanently.

1. I use&nbsp;[https://developer.zoom.us/playground/#/Cloud%20Recording/recordingsList](https://developer.zoom.us/playground/#/Cloud%20Recording/recordingsList)&nbsp; method to return all recordings from TRASH for user  
I get next result  

2. I use Meeting UUID and recording ID to delete audio file from TRASh permanently in next API request  
[https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/iRtcX+FLSjOF9GCzAyayZQ==/recordings/3b2fc027-e6ab-4fa3-8996-6ee7ec9791b2?action=delete](https://api.zoom.us/v2/meetings/iRtcX+FLSjOF9GCzAyayZQ==/recordings/3b2fc027-e6ab-4fa3-8996-6ee7ec9791b2?action=delete)

And I get error&nbsp;  
{  
“code”: 3301,  
“message”: “Recording file does not exist”  
}

Why this file not exist in meeting ?

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**Author:** ![TimZoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/timzoom/32/978_2.png) [@TimZoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/TimZoom)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-recordings-file-in-trash/1579/2 "2019-01-18T21:26:11Z")

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Closed on January 18, 2019, 9:26pm UTC