Batch command to delete all subfolders with a specific name

问题

I have a directory as such:

D:\Movies
D:\Movies\MovieTitle1\backdrops\
D:\Movies\MovieTitle2\backdrops\
D:\Movies\MovieTitle3\backdrops\
D:\Movies\MovieTitle4\backdrops\

How could I have a batch file delete all folders named "Backdrops"? I would prefer it to run recursive from just the D:\ drive if possible.

回答1:

Short answer:

FOR /d /r . %d IN (backdrops) DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

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I got my answer from one of the countless answers to the same question on Stack Overflow:

Command line tool to delete folder with a specified name recursively in Windows?

This command is not tested, but I do trust this site enough to post this answer.

As suggested by Alex in a comment, this batch script should be foolproof:

D:
FOR /d /r . %d IN (backdrops) DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

回答2:

Above answer didn't quite work for me. I had to use a combination of @itd solution and @Groo comment. Kudos to them.

Final solution for me was (using the backdrop folder example):

FOR /d /r . %%d IN ("backdrops") DO @IF EXIST "%%d" rd /s /q "%%d"

回答3:

I will open a different answer, because it would be too cramped in the comments. It was asked what to do, if you want to execute from/to a different folder and I want to give an example for non-recursive deletion.

First of all, when you use the command in cmd, you have to use %d, but when you use it in a .bat, you have to use %%d.

You can use a wildcard to just process folders that for example start with "backdrops": "backdrops*".

Recursive deletion of folders starting in the folder the .bat is in:

FOR /d /r . %d IN ("backdrops") DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

Non-recursive deletion of folders in the folder the .bat is in (used with wildcard, as you cannot have more than one folder with the same name anyway):

FOR /d %d IN ("backdrops*") DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

Recursive deletion of folders starting in the folder of your choice:

FOR /d /r "PATH_TO_FOLDER" %d IN ("backdrops") DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

Non-recursive deletion of folders in the folder of your choice (used with wildcard, as you cannot have more than one folder with the same name anyway):

FOR /d %d IN ("PATH_TO_FOLDER/backdrops*") DO @IF EXIST "%d" rd /s /q "%d"

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25554254/batch-command-to-delete-all-subfolders-with-a-specific-name