Auto-Empty Trash When You Close Projects
Send a final email about a closed project and Notis automatically empties your Drive trash, leaving you with a clean system.
Trigger
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Action
Empty Trash
Tool to permanently delete all of the user's trashed files. use when you want to empty the trash in google drive.
Why this helps
Closing projects leaves files in trash, but neurodivergent founders forget to empty it, creating clutter and storage bloat. This administrative chore is easy to skip but accumulates stress.
- Automatically clean up Drive when closing projects
- Free up storage without manual action
- Maintain a lean, organized Drive system
- Reduce the cognitive burden of maintenance tasks
- Simplify project closure workflows
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Google Drive to Notis
- 2Ask Notis: 'When I send a final email about a project (watch for phrases like 'closing this project' or 'all done'), automatically empty my Drive trash 24 hours later'
- 3Choose 'Email Sent' as your trigger
- 4Select your Notis notification channel
- 5Send a project-closing email and wait 24 hours to see the trash cleared
- 6Adjust the delay if needed—Notis can clean up immediately or give you time to recover deleted files
Questions about this workflow
Can I recover files after Notis empties the trash?
No. Empty trash is permanent. Choose a delay (like 24 hours) to give yourself recovery time.
What if I accidentally delete important files?
Use a delay before emptying so you have time to restore files if needed.
Does this work with shared drives?
Yes. Notis can manage trash across your entire Drive ecosystem.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Google Drive actions
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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