windows cmd 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 windows folder
Open a command line as administrator and copy these lines one by one:
Note: replace the folder address to the folder you want to remove
takeown /F "Z:\Program Files" /A /R /D Y
icacls "Z:\Program Files" /T /grant administrators:F
rd /s /q "Z:\Program Files"
if it didn't delete the folder fully do the steps again from top to buttom once more
Example 3: remove directory in cmd
# for removing empty directory
$ rmdir myDirectory
# to remove a directory that contains files and subdirectory
$ rm -r myDirectory
Example 4: delete all files in a directory cmd
del /S C:\Path\to\directory\*
Example 5: how to delete dir in windows cmd
to remove an unempty file from cmd directory
$ rmdir /S nonemptyfile