Force delete folder cmd

Do you want to delete a directory from Windows command prompt(CMD)? This post explains how to use the command to delete folders and their contents.

You can also find examples for each use case of folder deletion – empty folders, non empty folders, folders with white spaced names etc.

Delete folder from CMD

Run the command on the folder.

rmdir directoryname

Example:

C:>rmdir emptydir C:>

How to delete a non empty folder

The simple does not work for folders having some content.

C:>rmdir nonemptydir The directory is not empty.

Use option to delete the folder contents along with the folder.

This deletes all subfolders recursively.

C:>rmdir /S nonemptydir nonemptydir, Are you sure (Y/N)?

How to delete folder using cmd windows 10

y C:>

Force delete a folder without confirmation

To  force delete directory, without being asked for confirmation, we can use /Q switch.

rmdir /Q /S nonemptydir

We can also use ‘rd’ in place of ‘rmdir‘.

Both names refer to the same command. This command works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, V

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