how to delete a folder and subfolders in command prompt code example

Example 1: delete folder and its subfolders in python

import shutil
shutil.rmtree('/path/to/your/dir/')

Example 2: remove folder with content cmd

rmdir folder/path /S /Q

Example 3: create batch file to delete folders and subfolders

Echo batch file to delete folder

@RD /S /Q "D:\testfolder"

Example 4: how to delete dir in windows cmd

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