Delete contents including folders

Question

I am trying to delete the contents of a folder but I have the following problem:

• Using the command del it erases only files and folders get (you have to delete the folders too).
• Using the command rd it erases beyond the whole contents, erases the root folder as well.

How can I do that ?

Answer 1

If you want to keep the root directory for some reason and really want to empty it, then you can do the following:

del /q caminho_destino\*
for /d %x in (caminho_destino\*) do @rd /s /q "%x"

The first command removes all files from the directory, and then the second recursively removes all nested directories, and keeps the root-level directory as is (except for its content that has been deleted). It is noteworthy that way_destination is the path of the directory you want to empty.

Note that inside a file . bat you need to fold the % in the loop for:

del /q caminho_destino\*
for /d %%x in (caminho_destino\*) do @rd /s /q "%%x"

Answer 2

Edited, Script:

The first version does not delete the subfolders, so try the script below:

del /q "C:\Teste\*.*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("C:\Teste\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q

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mkdir teste
cd \teste
mkdir files
cd files
echo $null >> file.txt
cd \
del /S teste\*.*