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Kamarey
Asked: 2011-05-20 07:22:41 +0800 CST

Delete a sub folder with specific name from all sub folders?

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I know how to delete a single sub folder or multiple ones by mask:

rmdir /s /q C:\Somedir\DirToDelete

or

rmdir /s /q C:\Somedir\DirsToDelete*

But I want to delete all sub folders, say, with name DeleteMe, from all sub folders within C:\Somedir.

Ideas?

windows command-line-interface

3 Answers

  1. Another way is (only PowerShell)

     Remove-Item -path e:\path\*\path\*\* -Filter *DeleteMe* -WhatIf

    Remove all DeleteMe dirs recursive in last "asterisk" path.

    -WhatIf = only show which dirs will remove, no do it - nice for check before destroy other data:)

    UPDATE 1 After some labor... this update is better... line before can delete only empty folders. This can delete folder with content:

    get-childitem -path E:\path\*\path\*\* -recurse -filter *DeleteMe* | remove-item -whatif -force -recurse
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  2. Best Answer

    First you want to list all the directories you want to remove. Then use that to delete them all. Here's a quick and dirty example using what you put in there.

    for /f "usebackq" %%a in (`"dir C:\Somedir /ad/b/s DirsToDelete"`) do rmdir "%%a"

    Please test this out before you kick it off for your environment. I usually would replace the rmdir with echo to make sure it works.

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    1. Create a bat file, update and paste below code

    FOR /d /r . %%d IN ("Your folder name to be deleted") DO @IF EXIST "%%d" rd /s /q "%%d"

    1. Copy this bat file to your parent folder (could be C: or D: too)
    2. Run it
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