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rmdir

Remove a directory and its contents. In PowerShell, this command is an alias of Remove-Item. This documentation is based on the Command Prompt (cmd) version of rmdir. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/rmdir.

  • View the documentation of the equivalent PowerShell command:

tldr remove-item

  • Remove an empty directory:

rmdir {{path\to\directory}}

  • Remove a directory and its contents recursively:

rmdir {{path\to\directory}} /s

  • Remove a directory and its contents recursively without prompting:

rmdir {{path\to\directory}} /s /q