Delete files, folders and subfolders in Command Prompt on Windows 11/10 First things first, using the Command Prompt incorrectly may render your system inoperable, and at the time you will not be ...

Another easy way to automatically delete old files on your Windows 11 PC is to use the Command Prompt. You just need to run a few commands and the auto-delete function will work.

Next, click File > New Task > run cmd. Access the folder by using the following command: cd Then, delete the file using the following command: del Finally, click File > New Task, and run explorer.exe.

Windows has a built-in command-line tool, forfiles, to find and manage files based on certain criteria. You can use this tool to delete files that are older than 30 days from a given directory.

Deleting files in Windows 10 does not really delete the file. Security best practice requires deleted files to be completely overwritten more than once.

Sdelete, short for Secure Delete, is a powerful but little-known tool from Microsoft's Sysinternals suite that permanently wipes files and folders by overwriting data.