how to remove all files with a certain file type terminal code example

Example 1: rm files with extension

find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete

Example 2: bash delete all files of type recursively

# print all files recursively with exstension .bak
find . -name "*.bak" -type f

# add -delete command at the end to delete them
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete