RussellSpitzer commented on issue #15611:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/15611#issuecomment-4056515594

   Two answers:
   
   1. This method only removes files which are no longer referenced by any 
unexpired snapshot. Data files may have been associated with your removed 
snapshots, but they would not be deleted if they are *also* associated with 
still unexpired snapshots.
   
   2. The `expireFiles()` just returns a dataset of file paths for another 
service to actually delete. `execute()` is the method that actually deletes.
   
   See the Info box 
   https://iceberg.apache.org/docs/latest/maintenance/#expire-snapshots
   
   Previous discussions
   https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/2793
   https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/11695


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