I need to delete shortcuts from desktop. any guidance would be helpful.

i have a sample script which is deleting shortcut, but not from inside folders.

Fine - and were is the script to be discussed?

a shortcut is simply a file, so:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -eq "test.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

replace the username with yours and "test.lnk" with your shortcut name.

if you want all shrtcut, do this:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -ilike "*.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

• Proposed as answer by Vigneshwaran (MCTS) 35 minutes ago
• Marked as answer by Anbarasan Raj 32 minutes ago

This is the code.

Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\*.lnk" |ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ }

a shortcut is simply a file, so:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -eq "test.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

replace the username with yours and "test.lnk" with your shortcut name.

if you want all shrtcut, do this:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -ilike "*.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

• Proposed as answer by Vigneshwaran (MCTS) 27 minutes ago
• Marked as answer by Anbarasan Raj 24 minutes ago

To make benny's answer more precise and simple.

Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\*.lnk" -recurse|ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ }

This code will fetch the items with .lnk extension from the desktop location (even inside multiple folders) and remove it.

Remove-Item -Recurse "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\*.lnk"

... or direct. Get-ChildItem is not necessary in this situation.

• Edited by Guy Jascht 27 minutes ago

Remove-Item -Recurse "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\*.lnk"

... or direct. Get-ChildItem is not necessary in this situation.

• Edited by Guy Jascht 18 minutes ago

a shortcut is simply a file, so:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -eq "test.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

replace the username with yours and "test.lnk" with your shortcut name.

if you want all shrtcut, do this:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\Users\username\Desktop | where {$_.Name -ilike "*.lnk"} | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false

• Proposed as answer by Vigneshwaran (MCTS) Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:33 AM
• Marked as answer by Anbarasan Raj Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:36 AM

Remove-Item -Recurse "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\*.lnk"

... or direct. Get-ChildItem is not necessary in this situation.

• Edited by Guy Jascht Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:41 AM