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Explanation: del stands for Delete and S stands for Recursive.
– Tamara Wijsman
Commented Aug 9, 2010 at 16:50
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@Tony_Henrich, Learn more about msdos commands here. computerhope.com/msdos.htm
– Moab
Commented Aug 9, 2010 at 18:21
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and using /Q keeps empty sub folders which is undesirable.
– Tony_Henrich
Commented Aug 9, 2010 at 20:27
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This is the wrong answer and I don't know why it received many up votes. It seems people didn't understand the question fully and don't read comments! I will go through the answers and select the correct one.
– Tony_Henrich
Commented Dec 4, 2016 at 5:44
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But it leaves the Subfolders how do you also tell it to delete the sub folder itself ?
– eran otzer
Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 10:19

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
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<https://example.com>
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