How to delete a single file
Open the command prompt by typing “CMD” in the search field in the taskbar and clicking on “Command Prompt”. Navigate to the folder containing the file to be deleted by using the ‘cd’ command. Type the following command in the command prompt:
DEL /F /Q /A name_of_the_file
/F stands for force delete
/Q will not show Y/N confirmation and will delete the files silently
/A selects only the files with ready for archiving attribute
Alternatively, you can also use the file path directly. For example you can type:
DEL /F /Q /A C:\Users\HP1\Documents\file.txt
If the file is deleted, you will not see any error message.
How to delete a folder
Open the command prompt by typing “CMD” in the search field in the taskbar and clicking on “Command Prompt”. Navigate to the folder containing the folder to be deleted by using the ‘cd’ command. Type the following command in the command prompt:
RD /S /Q name_of_the_folder
RD stands for remove directory.
/S causes the deletion of all subfolders and files
/Q will not show Y/N confirmation and will delete the files silently
Alternatively, you can also use the folder path directly. For example you can type:
RD /S /Q C:\Users\HP1\Documents\folder1