delete all folders with tmp in name using batch file

Question

Have tried to google this, but I always seem to get results relating to .tmp files, which isnt really any use.

I have only a basic understanding of batch files, but I think I need something like this:

rmdir "D:\*.tmp"

Windows update seems to be dumping all of it's .tmp folders onto our D drive, as it has the most free space. Fine, but it doesnt then delete them afterwards.

I'm looking to write a batch file, that will go through and delete any folder that has .tmp at the end.

RomeNYRR · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-01T14:46:43.697

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Throw this one liner into a bat file:

FOR /D /R c:\FOLDERLOCATION %%X IN (*.tmp) DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%X"

/D - For Directory
/R - Recursive

This will remove the folders ending in tmp and anything under it. If you want to get fancy you can run it like this:

@echo off
set dir="c:\FOLDERLOCATION\"
FOR /D /R %dir% %%X IN (*.tmp) DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%X"
pause
exit

edited May 01 '12 at 14:46

answered May 01 '12 at 13:47

RomeNYRR

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You absolute Gem! Does the job perfectly, thanks very much!! – James Edmonds May 01 '12 at 14:41
You're welcome :) – RomeNYRR May 01 '12 at 14:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 01 '12 at 13:15

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If you add a /S to the end of that line, I believe it will delete all specified folders and sub-folders that match your wildcard search. If you can confirm that it works, then you can throw it into Notepad and save it as a .bat file. Unfortunately, I'm old school and don't know how to do it the Powershell way. :o(

edited May 01 '12 at 13:15

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answered May 01 '12 at 13:14

marcosrodriguez

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well I looked for the powershell equivelent, which appears to be "Remove-Item C:\Test* -recurse". If I can not find a batch version to do the same, I will just install powershell on the server. Thanks – James Edmonds May 01 '12 at 14:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 14:25

I've improved @RomeNYRR's answer - thanks @RomeNYRR!

The command now echoes deleted folders and hides "element not found" error messages:

for /d /r . %X in (*.tmp) do @rmdir /s /q "%X" 2> nul && @echo Deleted %X

Great if you need to clean after your compiler... ;)

for /d /r . %X in (bin obj) do @rmdir /s /q "%X" 2> nul && @echo Deleted %X

delete all folders with tmp in name using batch file

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