diff --git a/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts b/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts
index 1af8f3e..c1e94c0 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ driveRouter.delete('/file', async (req, res) => {
 })
 
 driveRouter.delete('/folder', async (req, res) => {
-  const { error: errQ, value: query } = folderParamValidation(req.query)
+  const { error: errQ, value: query } = folderParamValidation(req.query, true)
 
   if (errQ) return res.status(400).send(errQ.details[0].message)
 
diff --git a/api/src/utils/validation.ts b/api/src/utils/validation.ts
index 307e67a..09868c7 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/validation.ts
@@ -138,9 +138,12 @@ export const fileParamValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
     _filePath: filePathSchema
   }).validate(data)
 
-export const folderParamValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
+export const folderParamValidation = (
+  data: any,
+  folderPathRequired?: boolean
+): Joi.ValidationResult =>
   Joi.object({
-    _folderPath: Joi.string().required()
+    _folderPath: folderPathRequired ? Joi.string().required() : Joi.string()
   }).validate(data)
 
 export const folderBodyValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>