You can do so with del command:

dir C:folder

del /S *

The /S switch is to delete only files recursively.

Short and suite PowerShell. Not sure what the lowest version of PS it will work with.

Remove-Item c:Tmp* -Recurse -Force

Reading between the lines on your original question I can offer an alternative BATCH code line you can use. What this will do when ran is only delete files that are over 60 days old. This way you can put this in a scheduled task and when it runs it deletes the excess files that you don't need rather than blowing away the whole directory. You can change 60 to 5 days or even 1 day if you wanted to. This does not delete folders.

forfiles -p "c:pathtofiles" -d -60 -c "cmd /c del /f /q @path"

Using PowerShell:

Get-ChildItem -Path c:temp -Include * | remove-Item -recurse 

Use PowerShell to Delete a Single File or Folder. Before executing the Delete command in powershell we need to make sure you are logged in to the server or PC with an account that has full access to the objects you want to delete.

With Example: http://dotnet-helpers.com/powershell-demo/how-to-delete-a-folder-or-file-using-powershell/

Using PowerShell commnads to delete a file

Remove-Item -Path "C:dotnet-helpersDummyfiletoDelete.txt"

The above command will execute and delete the “DummyfiletoDelete.txt” file which present inside the “C:dotnet-helpers” location.

Using PowerShell commnads to delete all files

Remove-Item -Path "C:dotnet-helpers*.*"

Using PowerShell commnads to delete all files and folders

Remove-Item -Path "C:dotnet-helpers*.*" -recurse

-recurse drills down and finds lots more files. The –recurse parameter will allow PowerShell to remove any child items without asking for permission. Additionally, the –force parameter can be added to delete hidden or read-only files.

Using -Force command to delete files forcefully

Using PowerShell command to delete all files forcefully

Remove-Item -Path "C:dotnet-helpers*.*" -Force

Try this using PowerShell. In this example I want to delete all the .class files:

Get-ChildItem '.FOLDERNAME' -include *.class -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.FullName}

1. In Windows Explorer select the root dir containing all the files and folders.




2. Search for *




3. Sort by Type (All the folders will be at the top and all the files listed underneath)




4. Select all the files and press Delete.

This will delete all the files and preserve the directory structure.

Delete all files from current directory and sub-directories but leaving the folders structure.

(/Q) switch is for asking the user if he is ok to delete

Caution : try it without the /Q to make sure you are not deleting anything precious.

del /S * /Q 

This is the easiest way IMO

Open PowerShell, navigate to the directory (cd), THEN

ls -Recurse * | rm

(Poof) everything is gone...

If you want to delete based on a specific extension

ls -Recurse *.docx | rm

ls is listing the directory

-Recurse is a flag telling powershell to go into any sub directories

* says everything

*.doc everything with .doc extension

| feed the output from the left to the right

rm delete

All the other answers appear to make this more confusing than necessary.

dir C:testx -Recurse -File | rd -WhatIf

What if: Performing the operation "Remove File" on target "C:testxx.txt".

What if: Performing the operation "Remove File" on target "C:testxblax.txt".

As a complement to the above answers, actually there's no need to use the Get-Childitem and pass the result to the pipeline in the above answers, because the -Include keyword is included in the Remove-Item command

One can simply:

Remove-Item -Include "." "C:Temp" -Recurse