{"id":1873,"date":"2023-02-09T08:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T08:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2023-02-09T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T08:08:52","slug":"how-to-delete-files-and-folders-using-command-prompt-cmd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/how-to-delete-files-and-folders-using-command-prompt-cmd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Files and Folders Using Command Prompt (CMD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Command Prompt<\/em>\u00a0or abbreviated as CMD is a Windows terminal which is now very efficient in opening important data or files.\u00a0The function of the\u00a0Command Prompt (CMD)<\/em>\u00a0is to be able to find out the ins and outs of a Windows system, one of which can delete important files and folders in your directory.<\/p>\n

Well, this time the author will provide a very easy bit of knowledge about how to delete files and folders using CMD<\/a>. Here’s how.<\/p>\n

EASY WAYS TO DELETE FILES AND FOLDERS USING COMMAND PROMPT (CMD)<\/h2>\n

1. Simultaneously press the Windows + R (Run)\u00a0keys<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>on your\u00a0laptop\u00a0keyboard<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0Then type CMD and click OK.<\/p>\n

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2. The\u00a0Command Prompt<\/em>\u00a0(CMD) window appears, then type in the directory where the file or folder you want to delete.\u00a0This time the author will give an example in the Local Disk C directory. If you want to switch drives and delete files and folders on Local Disk D you can type the command “D:”<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(without the quotes)<\/em>\u00a0and press Enter.<\/p>\n

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3. After entering the Local Disk C directory, then press the command “dir<\/strong>“.\u00a0The function of this DIR is to know or see the files and folders that you store on the Local Disk C drive.\u00a0You can see the results in the image below.<\/p>\n

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After appearing your data and files, then find the file or folder you want to delete.\u00a0If you want to delete a file, type\u00a0del [filename]<\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0if you want to delete a folder, type the command\u00a0\u00a0rd [filename_folder]<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>For example, the author will delete the books folder and delete the file named usernames.txt.<\/p>\n

CMD DELETE FILE<\/h3>\n

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Delete files on the Local Disk C drive, I will delete files with the name “usernames”<\/em> with the command\u00a0del usernames.txt<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>Then the delete notification will appear then type\u00a0Y<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0, then Enter<\/strong>.\u00a0You can see the results below.<\/p>\n

CMD DELETE FOLDER<\/h3>\n

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Delete the folder on the Local Disk C drive, the author will delete the folder with the name\u00a0“book”\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0with the command\u00a0rd book<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0then press\u00a0Enter<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0You can see the results in the image below.<\/p>\n

This is the tutorial on how to delete files and folders via CMD. May be useful.<\/p>\n

Also read : How to Create a New Folder Using Command Prompt (CMD)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Command Prompt\u00a0or abbreviated as CMD is a Windows terminal which is now very efficient in opening important data or files.\u00a0The function of the\u00a0Command Prompt (CMD)\u00a0is to be able to find out the ins and outs of a Windows system, one of which can delete important files and folders in your directory. Well, this time the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-trick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1875,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions\/1875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}