DeleteFiles Share Help Try It

Windows utility to delete files and folders recursively with support for deep file nesting and optional time offset filtering

Category

File System

License

MIT

Platforms

Windows

Released

2012

Path

c:\DeleteFiles\DeleteFiles.exe

Notes

Requires the .NET Framework 4.0 or later

Examples

DeleteFiles.exe ""C:\CFusion\cfusion\wwwroot\WEB-INF\cfclasses\*.*"" -r -f -q1

DeleteFiles.exe d:\temp\*.* -r -l -f -d1 -q0

DeleteFiles c:\thumbs.db -r

Try it

• List files older than the median age (dry run)
  Inspect every file in the samples folder, compute its age in whole days from now, then dynamically set the -dXX threshold to the median observed age and call DeleteFiles with -l (LIST MODE). The Result panel shows the per-file inspection (filename, ageDays, modified timestamp, wouldBeDeleted flag) so you can see the dynamic input; the Output panel shows DeleteFiles' own list of files it would have removed. The -l flag means no file is ever touched - this demo is safe to run repeatedly against any directory. Drop -l in real usage and the same call would actually delete the listed files.

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# DeleteFiles - Help

Source: https://github.com/RickStrahl/DeleteFiles

```
West Wind DeleteFiles [Version 1.14]


DeleteFiles <filespec> -r -f -y -l -d10 -s3600

Commands:
---------
HELP || /?      This help display           

Options:
--------
pathSpec    FilePath and File Spec. Make sure to add a filespec
-r          Delete files [R]ecursively     
-f          Remove empty [F]olders (start folder is not deleted)
-y          Delete to Rec[Y]le Bin (can be slow!)
-l          Disp[L]ays items that would be deleted
-q0..2      Quiet mode: -q0 - all (default)  -q1 - No file detail
                        -q2 - No file detail, no summary
-dXX        Number of [D]ays before the current date to delete            
-sXX        Number of [S]econds before the current time to delete
            (seconds override days)
            if neither -d or -s no date filter is applied (default)

Examples:
---------
DeleteFiles c:\temp\*.* -r -f        - deletes all files in temp folder recursively 
                                       and deletes empty folders
DeleteFiles *.tmp -r                 - delete .tmp files recursively from current folder down
DeleteFiles "c:\My Files\*.*" -r   - deletes all files leaves folders
DeleteFiles c:\temp\*.* -r -f -d10   - delete files 10 days or older 
DeleteFiles c:\temp\*.* -r -f -s3600 - delete files older than an hour
DeleteFiles c:\thumbs.db -r          - delete thumbs.db files on entire drive
```