Asked 9 years, 3 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed k times. How do I delete files or folders recursively on Windows from the command line? I have found this solution where path we drive on the command line and run this command. I have given an example with a. Improve this question. Peter Mortensen What do you mean by "where path we drive on"?
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I think my needs are the same as what you are trying to do - I'm trying to delete all the. On Windows , this answer isn't working for me.
It is deleting the. DGuntoju DGuntoju 1, 1 1 gold badge 9 9 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. Does not work for me, it deletes only the files in the current directory. Marc Wittke 2, 2 2 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. Sean Vaughn Sean Vaughn 3, 1 1 gold badge 14 14 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. Unless your directory really does have a space a in the name, then leave out that part.
It is just that I would like something new. If the issues discussed here are not at least partially caused by the underlying FS, what else? In order to simply the registry changes, I exported the registry entries as.
Thanks for the useful article. I enjoy going back to DOS techniques to get something efficiently accomplished. How strange! I tend to maintain the last three versions of system image which are usually about 45GB each. I delete the oldest one before creating a new one each month, but apart from the prompt informing me that I need Admin permission to delete it, the actual deletion process takes less than ten seconds.
Yes, these are copy utilities, but most have delete capabilities. Fast Copy is good for all things with an updated version:. No mention of the inherent bias of the hardware in use.
Does it matter? No idea. An article still bound by utilities offered by Windows—does anything change with a third party program? Like boosting acoustical quality with DFX or some such tool? This article is specifically for Windows, what did you expect?
Why would you want to add another piece of software into the mix? This is the cleanest and fastest way to do it. Not correct; there has been a read-write capable driver usable in Linux for over a decade now. Instead of three lines the last one is actually enough. Used to remove a directory tree. I found I have to right click cmd, run as admin, navigate into the folder that I want deleted, then run delete.
Just noticed my Vivaldi JumpListIcons folder has inside it, in one folder, k files. On a slow laptop rpm HDD seems pretty impossible to delete with more conventional ways.
First letting windows try and calculate how many files are actually inside the folder and afterwards will give this method a try. But when i choose a folder to delete and hit Fast Delete in the R. Thank God for those who make such helps. I send some feedback to MS on this also:. If you choose a folder to be deleted, such as a 2GB folder in the C drive on a SSD hard drive, then it takes over 7 minutes just to calculate it. Even with a 4.
You need a fast delete right click option. You should use pushd instead of cd, as it changes drive as well. So I spiced this up a bit. First by making a VERY clear warning and using a double confirmation before starting the procedure.
My delete. Looks like this:. I succeeded I think in an easier way : Just create a new registry key to right click and delete. It will not prompt for confirmation though. Once you ve completed the steps, you can right-click a folder and select the Quick Delete option to remove a large folder super fast.
I almost got fired. It is a batch file that has gui , it talks , it runs , it lets you play solitare , and searches google. It took 2 years to finish the project that your program deleted.
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Both commands work the same way, but let's stick with rmdir since it's a bit more expressive. Also, I'll use the terms directory and folder interchangeably for the rest of the tutorial. Note: Any directories deleted with the rmdir command cannot be recovered.
In this case I want to remove a directory named Subfolder, so I'll use the command rmdir Subfolder :. You could cd into the Subfolder directory and remove the file, then come back with cd.. And just imagine if there were a bunch of other nested files and directories! Like with the del command, there's a helpful flag we can use to make things much faster and easier.
There will probably be a prompt asking if you want to remove that directory. If so, just type "y" and hit enter. And that's it! That should be everything you need to know to remove files and folders in the Windows Command Prompt.
All of these commands should work in PowerShell, which is basically Command Prompt version 2. Did these commands help you?
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