How to remove a folder from the DOS command line

• In addition to removing folders or directories via visual interface, in windows c è a method that computer scientists used before the advent of graphics interfaces still exploitable today, and that is; from the dos command line, for those who want to delve deeper the topic dos canò do it from here.

  Without going into the details of the dos (disk operating system), we access the command prompt, the procedure to open the prompt changes from operating system to operating system, taking into account windows 10, then the last operating system of microsoft house, right click on the start icon at the bottom left (the one with the 4 white squares to understand us), you will exità a context menu, click on run, here you type the command cmd.

  Once you open the black screen you have to go to the folder that contains the directory to be removed, needless to say that the deletion commands should be used carefully, especially by dos since there is no basket.

  Once reached by folder the command to type is the following:

  	rmdir /s foldername

  the prompt will ask youà confirm, if you do not want to be asked to confirm the command is:

  	rmdir /q foldername

  Good cancellation.

  15-09-2020 // Windows

Commenti:

• Giovanni 16/05/2024

  Miei padri totali, avevo una cartella che non capisco perché mi faceva crashare il PC eliminandola, e grazie a voi son riuscito a rimuoverla!