How to delete all files and folders in a folder by cmd call

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I use Windows.

I want to delete all files and folders in a folder by system call.

I may call like that:

>rd /s /q c:\destination
>md c:\destination

Do you know an easier way?

12 Answers

It takes 2 simple steps. [/q means quiet, /f means forced, /s means subdir]

  1. Empty out the directory to remove

    del *.* /f/s/q  
    
  2. Remove the directory

    cd ..
    rmdir dir_name /q/s
    

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try this, this will search all MyFolder under root dir and delete all folders named MyFolder

for /d /r "C:\Users\test" %%a in (MyFolder\) do if exist "%%a" rmdir /s /q "%%a"
del .\*

This Command delete all files & folders from current navigation in your command line.

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