SVN Associations: Delete a Branch Locally, but Not Displayed as Changed

Question

I accidentally went and synchronized the folder of my branches, as a result of which all the branches on my local hard drive were downloaded (very large size)

Now, how can I delete branches locally, but not appear in svn, how is it changed / missing?

I am using tortisesvn

Edit:
Uninstallation of the system in separate branches will be absent. I do not want

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Answer 1

Another option I'm using is using sparse directories . In TortoiseSVN, use the "Update to check ..." submenu instead of "Update" and select "Update Depth". Also see this in the TortoiseSVN documentation for the depths of validation that applies to updates (when using Update to Validate)

Answer 2

Delete the .svn folder in the folder you want to delete. Then just delete them.

Answer 3

You can delete (not delete svn, but delete the system) branches on your local computer, and the subversion server will not know anything.

To clarify, this will delete the top-level folder. Then you can reload what you need.

Answer 4

You can delete any files and folder on a working copy of subversion using Explorer (without using TortoiseSvn Delete!). They will appear again if you perform an svn update. To prevent this from happening, perform the update in the branch that you need, or delete the .svn folder in the upper directory.