Cannot remove item. The directory is not empty

Question

I am trying to delete a folder with subfolders/files.

Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -Path $directoryPath

I am getting the error Cannot remo

Answer 1

this worked for me where i deleted files and folders older then i year recursively including folders.

Get-ChildItem -Directory -Path X:\AutomateCache | where-Object {$_.Lastwritetime -ile (get-date).AddMonths(-12) } | Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -Verbose