Delete a file or folder using PowerShell command

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I want to delete the files which are in a particular folder using PowerShell commands, but when I use Remove-Item $DownloadFilePath* -recurs (where $DownloadFilePath carries the path of the folder) to delete files then it deletes the folder itself and the files which are in its parent folder. Please let me know the solution to just delete files inside the folder.

DarkLite1 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-07 14:01:43Z

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And if you only want to remove files but no sub folders you can use:

$DownloadFilePath = 'S:\Test\Folder'
Get-ChildItem -Path $DownloadFilePath -File -Recurse | Remove-Item

answered Oct 7, 2014 at 14:01

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Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-07 07:10:41Z

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This should delete just the contents of $DownloadFilePath:

Remove-Item $DownloadFilePath\* -Recurse

answered Oct 7, 2014 at 7:10

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Hitendra Raghuwanshi Over a year ago

I tried that but the error comes and execution of script doesn't stop

Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

What error, and why would you want the script to stop?

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