Hi

With the Command Prompt in Windows 8.x, which command should I use to delete all files and all subdirectories of a directory without deleting this root directory?

Thanks

Bye

I have tried in this way:

del /f /s /q "<directory_path>\*"

but it does not work because all files are deleted but its nested subdirectories are not deleted. Why?

Thanks

Bye

Hi

With the Command Prompt in Windows 8.x, which command should I use to delete all files and all subdirectories of a directory without deleting this root directory?

Thanks

Bye

 which command should I use to delete all files and all subdirectories of a directory without deleting this root directory?

rd /s /?  while you are in it.

 which command should I use to delete all files and all subdirectories of a directory without deleting this root directory?

rd /s /?  while you are in it.

Hi balubeto,

I am afraid there is not such a parameter to achieve your goal directly.
 With the rd command line and the parameter "/s, /q", we can easily delete all the contents include the root directory .
 As a work around ,we can make a bat file and use mkdir to recreate the root directory.
 rd /s /q folder path
 mkdir folder path

Here are links for reference of using the Del and Rd command line
Del
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771049.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#BKMK_examples
Rmdir (rd)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490990.aspx

Best regards

• Edited by MeipoXuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 21 hours 44 minutes ago

 With the rd command line and the parameter "/s, /q", we can easily delete all the contents include the root directory .