AUTOMATICALLY CLEAN OUT AND REMOVE EMPTY FILES AND FOLDERS

 

AUTOMATICALLY CLEAN OUT AND REMOVE EMPTY FILES AND FOLDERS 

 

Free tool, called Delete Empty, that searches a specified path for empty folders and empty files (files of size zero) and deletes them, deepest paths first.The easiest way to do this is to shift-right-click on the folder containing the DelEmpty.exe file and select Open command window here from the popup menu.

 

A command line window opens directly to the folder containing the Delete Empty executable.

The format for the Delete Empty command is as follows:

DelEmpty.exe OPTIONS {PATH}

The following OPTIONS are available for use in the command:

-f delete files of size zero

-d delete empty directories

-v verbose mode

-c confirm mode (Shows what was deleted)

-s includes sub-directories

-l list what would be deleted (lowercase L – does not actually delete the empty  folders or empty files)

-y delete without (y/n) prompt

If you want Delete Empty to prompt you before deleting each empty directory and empty sub-directory, add the -y option to the command, as follows.

DelEmpty.exe -d -s -y c:\mydata

To delete all the empty files, in addition to the empty directories and empty sub-directories, add the -f option to the command.

DelEmpty.exe -d -s -f c:\mydata

If you want to check what directories and files would be deleted before actually deleting them, use the -l (lowercase L) option. For example, the following command will show you what directories, sub-directories and files will be deleted in the mydata directory.

DelEmpty.exe -d -s -f -l c:\mydata

You can also choose to have Delete Empty show you what has been deleted. To do this, add the -c option to the command.

DelEmpty.exe -d -s -f -c -y c:\mydata

To close the command window, type “exit” (without the quotes) on the command line and press Enter.