command line delete folder code example

Example 1: cmd delete folder

# NOTE: for cmd/batch/DOS only (not bash/Linux)

# EXAMPLE:
rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\TomDickHarry\DeletableStuff"

# SYNTAX
# rmdir /s /q "<your-folder-to-delete>"

Example 2: remove directory in cmd

# for removing empty directory
$ rmdir myDirectory

# to remove a directory that contains files and subdirectory
$ rm -r myDirectory

Example 3: delete all files in a directory cmd

del /S C:\Path\to\directory\*

Example 4: remove directory command line

Rmdir "C:\myfolder"

Example 5: terminal delete fle

rm MyFile.rtf

Example 6: how to delete dir in windows cmd

to remove an unempty file from cmd directory
$ rmdir /S nonemptyfile