Prevent autogeneration of .bak files

[Zack_W_James]

Hello,

Hope all are well.

Is there a setting/ solution to prevent generation of .bak files?
These are mostly generated when we produce .xlsx files.

These create clutter in the folder location, making it difficult to read and find relevant reports.

Thankyou very much!
Zack

[davidskaife]

Hi @Zack_W_James 

Unfortunately not, no. There are a few threads on this topic if you wanted to look at potential 'solutions'

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/Alteryx-Output-BAK-Files/td-p/...

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/How-to-stop-Alteryx-producing-... 

[Dhrish]

@Zack_W_James  You can use the Command Tool to delete the .bak files after the workflow has run by using control containers. I have attached the workflow. You can use the same command and Command Argument in the Events Tab of Workflow Configuration too, you will have to configure this such that it works after the workflow has ran.