Question

I’m trying to write a windows batch file that can delete files from subdirectories. I would rather not hard code the directory structure in, so I can use this process with other projects.

• I need to delete files of X type,
• I have the parent folder C:\MyProject,
• There are Y subfolders C:\MyProject\?,
• There are N files to delete.

Is there a quick del (of type) function I am simply missing?

Answer 1

Actually you can use the standard del command:

c: cd MyProject del /S *.type 

Where type is the extension you want to delete and the /S parameter will check in all subfolders of MyProject.