diff --git a/weed/command/filer_copy.go b/weed/command/filer_copy.go
index 1162bb204..0aee8cd80 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer_copy.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer_copy.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/security"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
 )
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ type CopyOptions struct {
 	grpcDialOption    grpc.DialOption
 	masters           []string
 	cipher            bool
+	ttlSec            int32
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -124,6 +126,13 @@ func runCopy(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 	copy.masters = masters
 	copy.cipher = cipher
 
+	ttl, err := needle.ReadTTL(*copy.ttl)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("parsing ttl %s: %v\n", *copy.ttl, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	copy.ttlSec = int32(ttl.Minutes()) * 60
+
 	if *cmdCopy.IsDebug {
 		util.SetupProfiling("filer.copy.cpu.pprof", "filer.copy.mem.pprof")
 	}
@@ -286,7 +295,7 @@ func (worker *FileCopyWorker) uploadFileAsOne(task FileCopyTask, f *os.File) err
 				Count:       1,
 				Replication: *worker.options.replication,
 				Collection:  *worker.options.collection,
-				TtlSec:      int32(util.ParseInt(*worker.options.ttl, 0)),
+				TtlSec:      worker.options.ttlSec,
 				ParentPath:  task.destinationUrlPath,
 			}
 
@@ -342,7 +351,7 @@ func (worker *FileCopyWorker) uploadFileAsOne(task FileCopyTask, f *os.File) err
 					Mime:        mimeType,
 					Replication: *worker.options.replication,
 					Collection:  *worker.options.collection,
-					TtlSec:      int32(util.ParseInt(*worker.options.ttl, 0)),
+					TtlSec:      worker.options.ttlSec,
 				},
 				Chunks: chunks,
 			},
@@ -388,7 +397,7 @@ func (worker *FileCopyWorker) uploadFileInChunks(task FileCopyTask, f *os.File,
 					Count:       1,
 					Replication: *worker.options.replication,
 					Collection:  *worker.options.collection,
-					TtlSec:      int32(util.ParseInt(*worker.options.ttl, 0)),
+					TtlSec:      worker.options.ttlSec,
 					ParentPath:  task.destinationUrlPath,
 				}
 
@@ -469,7 +478,7 @@ func (worker *FileCopyWorker) uploadFileInChunks(task FileCopyTask, f *os.File,
 					Mime:        mimeType,
 					Replication: replication,
 					Collection:  collection,
-					TtlSec:      int32(util.ParseInt(*worker.options.ttl, 0)),
+					TtlSec:      worker.options.ttlSec,
 				},
 				Chunks: chunks,
 			},
diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer.go b/weed/filer2/filer.go
index 0b6a5c96e..c3048b45d 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer.go
@@ -223,14 +223,36 @@ func (f *Filer) FindEntry(ctx context.Context, p FullPath) (entry *Entry, err er
 			},
 		}, nil
 	}
-	return f.store.FindEntry(ctx, p)
+	entry, err = f.store.FindEntry(ctx, p)
+	if entry != nil && entry.TtlSec > 0 {
+		if entry.Crtime.Add(time.Duration(entry.TtlSec) * time.Second).Before(time.Now()) {
+			f.store.DeleteEntry(ctx, p.Child(entry.Name()))
+			return nil, filer_pb.ErrNotFound
+		}
+	}
+	return
+
 }
 
-func (f *Filer) ListDirectoryEntries(ctx context.Context, p FullPath, startFileName string, inclusive bool, limit int) ([]*Entry, error) {
+func (f *Filer) ListDirectoryEntries(ctx context.Context, p FullPath, startFileName string, inclusive bool, limit int) (entries []*Entry, expiredCount int, err error) {
 	if strings.HasSuffix(string(p), "/") && len(p) > 1 {
 		p = p[0 : len(p)-1]
 	}
-	return f.store.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, p, startFileName, inclusive, limit)
+	listedEntries, listErr := f.store.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, p, startFileName, inclusive, limit)
+	if listErr != nil {
+		return listedEntries, expiredCount, err
+	}
+	for _, entry := range listedEntries {
+		if entry.TtlSec > 0 {
+			if entry.Crtime.Add(time.Duration(entry.TtlSec) * time.Second).Before(time.Now()) {
+				f.store.DeleteEntry(ctx, p.Child(entry.Name()))
+				expiredCount++
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		entries = append(entries, entry)
+	}
+	return
 }
 
 func (f *Filer) cacheDelDirectory(dirpath string) {
diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer_buckets.go b/weed/filer2/filer_buckets.go
index 601b7dbf3..cb65fea14 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer_buckets.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer_buckets.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (f *Filer) LoadBuckets(dirBucketsPath string) {
 
 	limit := math.MaxInt32
 
-	entries, err := f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), FullPath(dirBucketsPath), "", false, limit)
+	entries, _, err := f.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), FullPath(dirBucketsPath), "", false, limit)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(1).Infof("no buckets found: %v", err)
diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer_delete_entry.go b/weed/filer2/filer_delete_entry.go
index d0792ac66..b7ec805c5 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer_delete_entry.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer_delete_entry.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (f *Filer) doBatchDeleteFolderMetaAndData(ctx context.Context, entry *Entry
 	lastFileName := ""
 	includeLastFile := false
 	for {
-		entries, err := f.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, entry.FullPath, lastFileName, includeLastFile, PaginationSize)
+		entries, _, err := f.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, entry.FullPath, lastFileName, includeLastFile, PaginationSize)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("list folder %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list folder %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
diff --git a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store_test.go b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store_test.go
index 497158420..dcb99a3bd 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store_test.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/leveldb/leveldb_store_test.go
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ func TestCreateAndFind(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, _ := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/home/chris/this/is/one"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, _ := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/home/chris/this/is/one"), "", false, 100)
 	if len(entries) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("list entries count: %v", len(entries))
 		return
 	}
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, _ = filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, _ = filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
 	if len(entries) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("list entries count: %v", len(entries))
 		return
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestEmptyRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, err := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, err := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("list entries: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/weed/filer2/leveldb2/leveldb2_store_test.go b/weed/filer2/leveldb2/leveldb2_store_test.go
index dc94f2ac7..c1f2d6a0c 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/leveldb2/leveldb2_store_test.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/leveldb2/leveldb2_store_test.go
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ func TestCreateAndFind(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, _ := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/home/chris/this/is/one"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, _ := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/home/chris/this/is/one"), "", false, 100)
 	if len(entries) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("list entries count: %v", len(entries))
 		return
 	}
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, _ = filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, _ = filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
 	if len(entries) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("list entries count: %v", len(entries))
 		return
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestEmptyRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// checking one upper directory
-	entries, err := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
+	entries, _, err := filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, filer2.FullPath("/"), "", false, 100)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("list entries: %v", err)
 		return
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
index b904c1393..488967ec2 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) ListEntries(req *filer_pb.ListEntriesRequest, stream file
 	lastFileName := req.StartFromFileName
 	includeLastFile := req.InclusiveStartFrom
 	for limit > 0 {
-		entries, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(stream.Context(), filer2.FullPath(req.Directory), lastFileName, includeLastFile, paginationLimit)
+		entries, expiredCount, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(stream.Context(), filer2.FullPath(req.Directory), lastFileName, includeLastFile, paginationLimit)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) ListEntries(req *filer_pb.ListEntriesRequest, stream file
 			}
 		}
 
-		if len(entries) < paginationLimit {
+		if len(entries)+expiredCount < paginationLimit {
 			break
 		}
 
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
index 0669a26f1..3b2655585 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_rename.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) moveFolderSubEntries(ctx context.Context, oldParent filer
 	includeLastFile := false
 	for {
 
-		entries, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, currentDirPath, lastFileName, includeLastFile, 1024)
+		entries, _, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(ctx, currentDirPath, lastFileName, includeLastFile, 1024)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read_dir.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read_dir.go
index 87e864559..13f60eefe 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read_dir.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read_dir.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) listDirectoryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 
 	lastFileName := r.FormValue("lastFileName")
 
-	entries, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), filer2.FullPath(path), lastFileName, false, limit)
+	entries, expiredCount, err := fs.filer.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), filer2.FullPath(path), lastFileName, false, limit)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(0).Infof("listDirectory %s %s %d: %s", path, lastFileName, limit, err)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) listDirectoryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		return
 	}
 
-	shouldDisplayLoadMore := len(entries) == limit
+	shouldDisplayLoadMore := len(entries)+expiredCount == limit
 	if path == "/" {
 		path = ""
 	}
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume.go b/weed/storage/volume.go
index 88a5db4c5..7da83de7a 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume.go
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ func (v *Volume) expired(volumeSizeLimit uint64) bool {
 	if v.Ttl == nil || v.Ttl.Minutes() == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	glog.V(1).Infof("now:%v lastModified:%v", time.Now().Unix(), v.lastModifiedTsSeconds)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("now:%v lastModified:%v", time.Now().Unix(), v.lastModifiedTsSeconds)
 	livedMinutes := (time.Now().Unix() - int64(v.lastModifiedTsSeconds)) / 60
-	glog.V(1).Infof("ttl:%v lived:%v", v.Ttl, livedMinutes)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ttl:%v lived:%v", v.Ttl, livedMinutes)
 	if int64(v.Ttl.Minutes()) < livedMinutes {
 		return true
 	}