del or erase

del or erase

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The del command is used to delete one or more files from the command line without sending them to the Recycle Bin. The del options are:

 del [/p] [/f] [/s] [/q] [/a:   attributes   ]   filename   

Option	Description
filename	Specifies the file(s) to delete (* and ? wildcards are supported)
/p	Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file
/f	Forces deleting of read-only files
/s	Deletes specified files in all subdirectories (when using wildcards)
/q	Quiet mode; do not prompt if filename is *.*
/a: attributes	Selects files to delete based on attributes (read-only, hidden, system, or archive)

Examples

 del myfile.txt del c:\files\myfile.txt del c:\files\myfile.* /p