from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
default_storage = get_storage_class()()
@receiver(pre_delete, sender=OrganizationFile)
def delete_has_folder(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs): # get filename that will be equals to the relative path but not actually the filename path = Path(instance.file.name) # get a parent folder str folder_path = str(path.parent) # delete a file instance.file.delete() # delete a folder. # shutil.rmtree(absolute_path) wouldn't work # because instance.file.path will raise an error. # hence the only way is to delete with a storage default_storage.delete default_storage.delete(folder_path) logger.info(f'Pre delete {instance}. Deleted the hash folder {folder_path}')