dropping a table does not delete the directories on the disk I am just testing the drop table command in Cassandra 3.11. The sequence is as follows:


Load data worth 10gb
drop the table
on the node, 


nodetool flush
nodetool clearsnapshot
nodetool cleanup



Still I see those SSTables directory under the data folder (using default auto_snapshot = true).

select count(*) .. shows ZERO, which is correct.

Why the folders are not getting deleted?
Did you clear the snapshot of all clusters?

Clear it with

nodetool -h &lt;ip address&gt; -p &lt;port&gt; clearsnapshot