How to delete files/subfolders in a specific directory at the command prompt in Windows

Posted By: Anonymous

Say, there is a variable called %pathtofolder%, as it makes it clear it is a full path of a folder.

I want to delete every single file and subfolder in this directory, but not the directory itself.

But, there might be an error like ‘this file/folder is already in use’… when that happens, it should just continue and skip that file/folder.

Is there some command for this?

Solution

You can use this shell script to clean up the folder and files within C:Temp source:

del /q "C:Temp*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("C:Temp*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q

Create a batch file (say, delete.bat) containing the above command. Go to the location where the delete.bat file is located and then run the command: delete.bat

Answered By: Anonymous

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