Deleted files and directories are not removed when deploying

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By any chance are you using Cloudflare or another CDN in front of us? The only reason why a site would keep content from an old build is if it was cached elsewhere.

[Support Guide] What problems could occur when using Cloudflare in front of Netlify?

Last reviewed by Netlify Support - August, 2023 Note: We recommend not using both Cloudflare’s CDN (“Accelerate and Protect”, the orange cloud in their UI) and Netlify for the same site at the same time. Why? Read on! Netlify’s web service is not designed to work optimally with another CDN “in front of” our CDN. Proxying to our service is in general not supported and we advise you not to do it for best hosting results. Cloudflare has made similar statements that it doesn’t recommend this usa…

Failing that, you should look a little closer to home! Is it being aggressively cached by the browser?

Lastly, are you sure that these files aren’t in your latest build? You can download a copy of what we built and take a look.