Scripting: get command - delete option Deleting Directories

When I use the get command with -delete in my script to recursively search, download and delete the downloaded files within subdirectories, it is deleting the directories/subdirectories on the host
My command is
I have read in another topic (Directory Deleted Unexpectly During GetFiles):

If the FTP directory ends without the /* then all the files will be downloaded but the folder will be removed along with the files.

However, my problem is that I am using the /* and my directories are still being deleted

I am using WinSCP version 6.5.2

Is there a way of recursively working through subdirectories downloading and deleting files but still keeping the directory structure in place??

See Recursively move files in directory tree to/from SFTP/FTP server while preserving source directory structure