how to delete files and folder in cmd

- Type the following command and press enter key

- To delete files

del fat.txt

- To delete folder

RD mas

Note: mas is a folder name

Note: some time files and folders are hidden so if necessary try adding \h after command or at the end.

- If you want to delete all the files with particular extension, see bellow, you can change extension like .doc, .txt and many more.

del *.doc

- If you want to delete all the files that begin with word test, check bellow, you can use word of your own, you want to delete.

deltest*.*

- If you want to delete all the files from selected directory

del *.*

Note: before you start, you can change directory in command prompt using cd command. If command prompt is like c:\>, then you can get inside folder where you want to use above commands, so type cd users to get inside user folder c:\users> and so on, type cd.. To get one step back in command prompt, let's say you are in c:\users>, if you type cd..you will get back to c:\> and so on