I currently have on a MySQL 5.6 database using innodb_file_per_table the following individual tablespace file.
schema/FTS_00000000000001bb_BEING_DELETED.ibd
The schema is all InnoDB tables, and there ARE NO Full Text Indexes. I cannot comment on if a developer has tried to create one previously.
I am none the wiser in explaining the ongoing use of these files, or if it can be/should be deleted.
On closer inspection there are infact a number of FTS files.
$ ls -al FTS* -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:21 FTS_00000000000001bb_BEING_DELETED_CACHE.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:20 FTS_00000000000001bb_BEING_DELETED.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:26 FTS_00000000000001bb_CONFIG.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:21 FTS_00000000000001bb_DELETED_CACHE.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:00 FTS_00000000000001bb_DELETED.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:20 FTS_00000000000001c7_BEING_DELETED_CACHE.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:26 FTS_00000000000001c7_BEING_DELETED.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:21 FTS_00000000000001c7_CONFIG.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:20 FTS_00000000000001c7_DELETED_CACHE.ibd -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 98304 Jan 29 16:20 FTS_00000000000001c7_DELETED.ibd
Any MySQL gurus with knowledge to share, and for the benefit of others that Internet search at a later time.
Related articles included Overview and Getting Started with InnoDB FTS and Difference between InnoDB FTS and MyISAM FTS but do not mention file specifics.
The article InnoDB Full-text Search in MySQL 5.6 (part 1) provides more insight that these files remain even if a full text index was created and has since being removed. It is not clear from the filename which tables these files relate to.