Windows – What’s the equivalent to ‘rm -rf’ with Windows command

You can use the sdelete (Secure delete) command to clean a folder.

sdelete -s *

from with in said folder to clear all of the contents.

To force a del command to delete read-only files, add the /F flag.

Apparently, a read-only file cannot normally be deleted by a batch file, although it can still be deleted through Windows Explorer. To check if your file is read-only, you can right click on the file and select properties, or enter attrib <filename> at the command prompt. This will show a series of letters corresponding to different file attributes.

R = Read-only file
A = Archive file
S = System file
H = Hidden file

You can remove the read-only tag by unchecking the box in the properties window or running the command attrib <filename> -R.