How to Quickly Delete a Large Folder on Windows 10?


Sometimes, due to various reasons, you need to delete folders which may contain a large number of files from your Windows 10 PC, though using the file explorer can take your long time. The reason behind this is that during the process of deleting, Windows 10 needs to run calculations, analyse, and show updates as files and folders are deleted, something that generally takes times when deleting a large folder with thousands of files and subfolders.

However, by using a few command lines, you can easily speed up the process just a few seconds. But the only warning is that you have to comfortable while using the command prompt option.

Here we will discuss the fastest way to delete large folders with thousands of files by using the command lines and few instructions to add an option on the right-click context menu to automate the whole process with just one single click. The steps are discussed below:

Steps to Quickly Delete a Large Folder by Using the Command Prompt

To delete a large number of files, this will take lots of your time, so here you will need to use the del and rmdir commands by using the given steps. But we suggest you use these steps in a given series so that it will take less time and also prevent you from errors. The steps are discussed below:

1.     Click to Launch the Start tab.
2.     Find out the command prompt option.
3.     Then, right-click on the result, and then select Run as Administrator option.
4.     Next, browse for the folder command which you want to delete.
5.     Now, type the given command to delete all the files in that folder without even showing the output.
·        del /f/q/s *.* > nul
6.     Click on the Enter key.
7.     Again, type the below-given path to go back one level in the folder path:
·        Cd . .
8.     Hit the Enter key.
9.     Type the given command to delete the folder and all its subfolders permanently:
·        rmdir /q/s your-folder-name
10.                        Then, click on the Enter tab.

Congratulations, all your large folders permanently deleted from your Windows 10 PC.

Joey Williams is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

Source : Windows 10

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