How to delete files and folders using CMD Command Prompt. MUST ...

I made a bat file that does this for me. delete-empty-directories.bat with the following in the file. Code: Select all for /f usebackq delims ...

This is important for deleting empty directories because you have to remove the subdirectories before you remove the parent. Disclaimer: I doubt ...

You can use a Batch (.bat) file to automatically delete empty folders using Command Prompt. Don't forget, Command Prompt is a very powerful tool.

I created a short script that deletes all empty subdirectories in the directory it is called. It works perfectly fine, except with directories with spaces, fe ...

I have a script that will delete all files older than 31 days from a nested file structure. At some point, it will leave empty folders in place.

You can use the ROBOCOPY command. It is very simple and can also be used to delete empty folders inside large hierarchy.

Your command rd /q new or rd new works perfectly for delete a empty folder only. For folders containing files and/or ...

To delete empty folders while excluding hidden files · Open Command Prompt: Press Win + R , type cmd , and hit Enter. · Navigate to the ...

It looks like your recommendation of robocopy C:-Source C:-Source /S /move works well for recursively deleting completely empty folders.

RMDIR /Q will only delete folders if they're empty. Using /S deletes them regardless, so DO NOT add the /S switch for this case.