Delete only folders using windows batch

Question

I have one folder XYZ. In XYZ I have multiple folders and Files.

D:/XYZ/Myfolder1/a1.csv D:/XYZ/Myfolder2/ D:/XYZ/Myfolder3/ D:/XYZ/aaa.csv D:/XYZ/bbb.sql

I want to delete folders and every content of that from XYZ Like Myfolder1,Myfolder2,Myfolder3 but not aaa.csv and bbb.sql

How can I write batch for this.

Related answer: [Deleting Folder Contents but not the folder](http://stackoverflow.com/a/38769816) (simply remove the `del` command from that solution)... — aschipfl, Sep 23 '16 at 08:55
not related answer ...Not working in my case ...you have to read question first which is very small — Jack, Sep 23 '16 at 09:58
You need to replace `C:\Epson Scans` with `D:\XYZ` in the linked answer. By the way, use *backslashes* in paths! forward-slashes are not standard in Windows and might cause trouble with some commands! — aschipfl, Sep 23 '16 at 10:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '16 at 05:04

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CD c:\windows
For /f "delims=" %A in ('dir c:\windows /b /ad') Do Echo %A [RD %A /s /q deletes the folder %A]

See For /?, dir /?, rd /?, and cd /?.

answered Sep 23 '16 at 05:04

For a batch file it should be double `%`, or am I wrong? – geisterfurz007 Sep 23 '16 at 05:34
This is just a small program to echo the command that you would use to delete the folder. However this answer would not keep aaa.csv and bbb.sql... – geisterfurz007 Sep 23 '16 at 06:10
Cause it would keep those files. It only deletes directory trees of each folder in the specified folder. It ignores files in the specified folder. – Sep 23 '16 at 06:22
Thanks guys. Got my answer. – Jack Sep 23 '16 at 09:59

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