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Recursively find and delete a folder using a batch file

I am trying to write a simple batch file that will find and delete a folder recursively. But the following script does not refer to a subfolder. Wondering how to do this?

@echo off
cd /d "C:\"
for /d %%i in (temp) do rd /s "%%i"
pause

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for /d /r "c:\" %%a in (temp\) do if exist "%%a" echo rmdir /s /q "%%a"

For each folder ( /d

) recursively ( /r

) in c:\

check if the folder temp

exists, and if it exists, delete it



the command to delete a directory is only echoed to the console. If the output is correct, remove the commandecho

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Switch /S

on rd

means

/S      Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
        in addition to the directory itself.  Used to remove a directory
        tree.


This does not mean that it will search all directories that look for a name with the specified name and delete them.

In other words, if you run rd /S Test

from a folder C:\Temp

, it will remove C:\Temp\Test\*.*

, including all subdirectories (of any name) C:\Temp\Test

. It doesn't mean it will delete C:\Temp\AnotherDir\Test

, because it is not a subfolder C:\Temp\Test

.

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