Delete files in subfolder using batch script

Question

I have to delete files from a sub folder with a same name  My file path is like as follows   d  test test1 archive   txt d  test try archive   txt d  test model archive   txt   I tried deleting using del command in batch script   But there are more than 100 folders with in the folder  test   So it is very difficult to use del for each and every path    Except for the parent folder name of  archive  folder  everything remains the same for all the paths  So I guess there might be some easy way to delete the files using batch script   Can anyone guide me whether there is any easy way to delete the files using batch script  Or i have to repeat del for all 100 folders

User · Answer

I had to complete the same task and I used a "for" loop and a "del" command as follows:

@ECHO OFF

set dir=%cd%

FOR /d /r %dir% %%x in (archive\) do (
    if exist "%%x" del %%x\*.txt /f /q
)

You can set the dir variable with any start directory you want or used the current directory (%cd%) variable.

These are the options for "for" command:

/d For directories
/r For recursive

These are the options for "del" command:

/f Force deletes read-only files
/q Quiet mode; suppresses prompts for delete confirmations.

User · Answer

del parentpath  or just place the  bat file inside parent folder    txt  s  That will delete all  txt files in the parent and all sub folders  If you want to delete multiple file extensions just add a space and do the same thing   Ex     txt   dll   xml

User · Answer

Moved from the closed topic  del  s d  test archive  txt   This should get you all of your text files  Alternatively   I modified a script I already wrote to look for certain files to move them  this one should go and find files and delete them  It allows you to just choose to which folder by a selection screen   Please test this on your system before using it though    echo off Title DeleteFilesInSubfolderList color 0A SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION  REM --------------------------- REM       EDIT VARIABLES BELOW     REM ---------------------------  set targetFolder  REM targetFolder is the location you want to delete from     REM --------------------------- REM      DO NOT EDIT BELOW     REM ---------------------------  IF NOT DEFINED targetFolder echo Please type in the full BASE Symform Offline Folder  I E  U  targetFolder  IF NOT DEFINED targetFolder set  p targetFolder   cls echo Listing folders for   targetFolder     echo ------------------------------- set Index 1 for  d   D in   targetFolder     do     set  Subfolders  Index     D    set  a Index  1   set  a UBound Index-1 for  l   i in  1 1  UBound   do echo    i   Subfolders   i     choiceloop echo ------------------------------- set  p Choice Search for ERRORS in   if   Choice       goto chioceloop if  Choice  LSS 1 goto choiceloop if  Choice  GTR  UBound  goto choiceloop set Subfolder  Subfolders  Choice    goto start   start TITLE Delete Text Files -  Subfolder  IF NOT EXIST  ERRPATH  goto notExist IF EXIST  ERRPATH  echo  ERRPATH  Exists - Beginning to test-delete files    echo Searching for  txt files    pushd  ERRPATH  for  r   a in    txt  do   echo    a    Subfolder     nxa    popd echo  echo  verIFy  gt nul echo Execute   choice  C YNX  N  M   Y Yes or  N No   IF   ERRORLEVEL     1  set question1 Y IF   ERRORLEVEL     2  set question1 N IF  I   question1     Y  goto execute IF  I   question1     N  goto end   execute echo  ERRPATH  Exists - Beginning to delete files    echo Searching for  txt files    pushd  ERRPATH  for  r   a in    txt  do   del    a    Subfolder     nxa    popd goto end   end echo  echo  echo Finished deleting files from  subfolder  pause goto choiceloop ENDLOCAL exit   REM Created by Trevor Giannetti REM An unpublished work REM  October 2012    If you change the   set targetFolder     to the folder you want you won t get prompted for the folder   Remember when putting the base path in  the format does not include a     on the end  e g   d  test c  temp  Hope this helps

User · Answer

Use powershell inside your bat file  PowerShell Remove-Item c  scripts   -include   txt -exclude  test  -force -recurse   You can also exclude from removing some specific folder or file   PowerShell Remove-Item C     -Exclude WINDOWS autoexec bat -force -recurse

User · Answer

You can use the  s switch for del to delete in subfolders as well   Example  del D  test      s   Would delete all files under test including all files in all subfolders   To remove folders use rd  same switch applies   rd D  test folder  s  q   rd doesn t support wildcards   though so if you want to recursively delete all subfolders under the test directory you can use a for loop   for  r  d D  test  a in     do rd  a  s  q   If you are using the for option in a batch file remember to use 2   s instead of 1

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