Windows Fast Delete Commands

Fast_Delete.txt

DEL /F/Q/S *.* > NUL

/F -- forces the deletion of read-only files.
/Q -- enables quiet mode. You are not ask if it is ok to delete files (if you don't use this, you are asked for any file in the folder).
/S -- runs the command on all files in any folder under the selected structure.
*.* -- delete all files.
> NUL -- disables console output. This improves the process further, shaving off about one quarter of the processing time off of the console command.


RMDIR /Q/S foldername


/Q -- Quiet mode, won't prompt for confirmation to delete folders.
/S -- Run the operation on all folders of the selected path.
foldername -- The absolute path or relative folder name, e.g. o:/backup/test1 or test1