Windows Tips & Tricks – 01

Deleting Files with a Pattern or Extension within a folderIf you wish to delete all files or a certain file within a folder and all subfolders,

 

1. simply go to Start -> Run -> “cmd.”
2. When the command prompt appears, go to the directory that you wish to delete from.
using cd command. For example

c:\>cd d:\kamal

3. Type in

D:\Kamal> DEL /F /S [*.type]

For example, if I wanted to delete all MP3 files from my PC, i would type

D:\Kamal> DEL /F /S *.mp3

 All of the MP3 files on my D:\Kamal folder will be deleted.

Note that if you do not want to delete files within subfolders, don’t type the “/S.”