Timeline for Recursively delete empty directories in Windows
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| Feb 19, 2020 at 5:29 | comment | added | Dai |
I get this error: "sort: cannot read: /r: No such file or directory" UPDATE: Ah, my cmd is using Git-for-Windows' git\usr\bin\sort.exe instead of `system32\sort.exe).
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| S Oct 13, 2017 at 19:28 | history | suggested | user198350 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
downloadsquad.com redirects to Huffington Post and superuser.com is not a place for website recommendations, some general cleaning
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 16:25 | comment | added | user198350 | @Pyroglyph: Can you edit the answer (I don't fully understand what this means)? | |
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| May 22, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | Pyroglyph | Just a warning, this script destroys directory junctions too. I learned this the hard way. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 2:22 | comment | added | Aaron Reed | The for loop command worked perfectly. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 22:02 | history | edited | Braiam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
from the command line, it wouldn't work as is
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 17:36 | comment | added | mmj | Look at stackoverflow.com/a/34025977/694360 to find out how to add this functionality to context menu. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 17:14 | history | edited | Mokubai♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fixing dead link.
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| Jul 19, 2015 at 22:14 | comment | added | shinzou | This doesn't work if the folder is set to read only. | |
| S Jun 21, 2015 at 6:04 | history | suggested | Brock Adams | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Adding important note. At first blush the answer would seem to nuke all folders. Instead it throws up warnings for non-empty folders.
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| Jun 16, 2011 at 1:35 | history | edited | Gareth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2010 at 20:59 | comment | added | endolith | RED is the best tool for this, since it handles directories with nothing but junk in them (Thumbs.db, .DS_Store), lets you permanently protect directories from deletion, shows a nice tree view, etc. I got it working in Windows 7 using the compatibility troubleshooter thing. There's also a list of alternative tools at the bottom of the RED web site. | |
| Nov 16, 2009 at 21:21 | vote | accept | mohlsen | ||
| Sep 16, 2009 at 13:14 | comment | added | seanyboy | for /f %d in ('dir /s/b') do rmdir "%d" should work as rmdir cannot remove a non-empty folder | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 18:27 | comment | added | EBGreen | Yep. It works. My mistake. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 18:19 | comment | added | caliban | Make sure it is truly empty. A hidden desktop.ini is still considered a file. same as a thumbs.db. If you want to verify whether this works, create a test directory with directories inside that are empty and populated. It works, I've verified. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 17:59 | comment | added | EBGreen | Still won't delete a directory that contains an empty directory. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:14 | history | edited | caliban | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:13 | comment | added | caliban | Got it, couple of errors with the DownloadSquad's command (!!). I've amended in my answer. :) | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:06 | comment | added | EBGreen | Also the batch version would not handle spaces in the directory names. I'm pretty sure that it would not remove a directory that contained only empty sub directories either. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 16:02 | comment | added | caliban | Hang on, testing command in my Windows VM. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 15:58 | comment | added | EBGreen | Using the batch version gives me an error: The system cannot find the file dir /ad/b/s | sort /R. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 14:31 | comment | added | mohlsen | that tool looks good. I will check it out and report back | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 13:50 | comment | added | caliban | P.S I suggest you try the GUI-based tool first, before trying any command-line commands that can potentially delete all files. | |
| Sep 11, 2009 at 13:44 | history | answered | caliban | CC BY-SA 2.5 |