Windows Phone 8.1 Universal: VS 2013 deploys app to device but does not delete data file in roamingfolder and roaming is not activated.

I am using VS 2013 to develop a Windows Phone 8.1 Universal app.  When I deploy to the device (my phone), the old data file that I had stored in the roamingfolder previously continues to be used.  I have uninstalled the app after being deployed,
I put code in the app to delete the files individually from the roamingfolder and used ClearAsync(). That worked until I deployed the app again and then the old files came back.  I have not associated these apps with the store yet so roaming should
not be working. The desktop app does not have this problem, when I uninstall it the files are deleted.
In the phone app properties debug tab, I have the Uninstall and the reinstall my package checked for all configurations.  I have looked everywhere I can think of for these old files: laptop c:, phone tempfolder, localfolder, etc. thinking VS is reinstalling
them from somewhere when deploying the app but I cannot find them.  If I change the phone app to use the localfolder, the old files are not used.
Is this just the way it is if I use the roamingfolder or is there a way to delete these old files?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Hi MV12,
>>When I deploy to the device (my phone), the old data file that I had stored in the roamingfolder previously continues to be used
Yes, it is designed to work like that, please refer to this document for details:
#Accessing app data with the Windows Runtime (Windows Runtime apps)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/hh464917.aspx#roaming_app_data
Roaming data for an app is available in the cloud as long as it is accessed by the user from some device within the required time interval.
If the user does not run an app for longer than this time interval, its roaming data is removed from the cloud.
If a user uninstalls an app, its roaming data isn't automatically removed from the cloud, it's preserved. If the user reinstalls the app within the time interval, the roaming data is synchronized from the cloud. The current policy specifies
that this time interval is 30 days. Location is available via the roamingFolder property.
>>Is this just the way it is if I use the roamingfolder or is there a way to delete these old files?
No, you will have to wait.
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