Batch files del

Alternatively for long filenames, you can reduce the total path length by using SUBST to map a drive letter to the folder containing the file. If a file is still 'undeletable' this may be caused by the indexing service , temporarily stop the service and then delete the file. Deleting a file will not prevent third party utilities from un-deleting it again. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Warning If you use del to delete a file from your disk, you can't retrieve it. Note Before you use wildcard characters with the del command, use the same wildcard characters with the dir command to list all the files that will be deleted. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. In my case SQL backups folder. After the tutorial where we created batch to zip files , this is another useful tutorial for your daily jobs.

You will need to delete those files manually every day and this is not good practice. On the other hand, you can create a script to delete the file automatically. All of that without installing any third-party software. In fact, this example will show steps for creating a batch file and you can use Task Scheduler to run. In fact, Batch files are scripts that can run to perform tasks on your system.