How do I find all the empty folders and delete them.

Anonymous
2011-04-03T17:52:58+00:00

My music has a bunch of folders that are empty but it will take forever to look at every single one.  I want to search by size or someway that will make it easier to find and delete

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Anonymous
2011-05-15T16:05:51+00:00

Hello !

If you do want to delete all the empty folders only ! go to Computer and at the top right click on search. Click on kind and Select folder, now click again on search and click on size, select 0 and click on search.

This should list all the empty folders

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-28T19:38:12+00:00

    This worked, and it was so simple.  Thank you for posting this way back in 2011.  (smile)

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    2014-10-09T14:48:26+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-31T07:22:15+00:00

    Try this free source software "Remove Empty Directories" works like a charm

    you can find it on Click Here.

    Thanks :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-22T19:16:55+00:00

    Sorry Lorraine, try it this way instead.

    1. Left click the Start button
    2. type cmd at the bottom where your cursor blinks
    3. when the cmd short cut appears
    4. right click the cmd and right click run as Administrator

    The cmd should pop up, now start with step 2 in previous message.

    I run my pc's and laptops as Core Administrator so I forget that some pc's users don't have the Administrators rights.

    Try that and you should make it work.

    Best regards

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