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del
Delete one or more files. In PowerShell, this command is an alias of
Remove-Item. This documentation is based on the Command Prompt (cmd) version ofdel. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/del.
- View the documentation of the equivalent PowerShell command:
tldr remove-item
- Delete one or more files or patterns:
del {{file_pattern1 file_pattern2 ...}}
- Prompt for confirmation before deleting each file:
del {{file_pattern}} /p
- Force the deletion of read-only files:
del {{file_pattern}} /f
- Recursively delete file(s) from all subdirectories:
del {{file_pattern}} /s
- Do not prompt when deleting files based on a global wildcard:
del {{file_pattern}} /q
- Display the help and list available attributes:
del /?
- Delete files based on specified attributes:
del {{file_pattern}} /a {{attribute}}