How to skip “are you sure Y/N” when deleting files in batch files

Question

I can\'t for the life of me remember how to bypass the annoying prompt are you sure? Y/N when deleting files.

I seem to recall it was something like:

Answer 1

I just want to add that this nearly identical post provides the very useful alternative of using an echo pipe if no force or quiet switch is available. For instance, I think it's the only way to bypass the Y/N prompt in this example.

Echo y|NETDOM COMPUTERNAME WorkComp /Add:Work-Comp

In a general sense you should first look at your command switches for /f, /q, or some variant thereof (for example, Netdom RenameComputer uses /Force, not /f). If there is no switch available, then use an echo pipe.

Answer 2

You have the following options on Windows command line:

net use [DeviceName [/home[{Password | *}] [/delete:{yes | no}]]

Try like:

net use H: /delete /y

Answer 3

Add /Q for quiet mode and it should remove the prompt.

Answer 4

Use del /F /Q to force deletion of read-only files (/F) and directories and not ask to confirm (/Q) when deleting via wildcard.