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
    2015-12-28T18:08:10+00:00

    nahi ho raha hai bhai....nekar hai method.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-20T16:07:52+00:00

    This powershell command will remove empty directories in the working directory:

    dir -Directory -Recurse | where {($_ | dir).Count -eq 0} | rmdir

    The command must be run in a powershell window. Be sure to cd to the immediate parent directory containing the empty directories you want to delete (you can double-check with the pwd command).

    Use this command to check what will be deleted without actually deleting stuff:

    dir -Directory -Recurse | where {($_ | dir).Count -eq 0} | rmdir -WhatIf

    NB: To delete directories that contained only empty directories run the command again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-06T11:15:21+00:00

    This does not work and hasn't as long as I can remember.  

    SO

    Sohail.Khan911's response below points to a nice little application that does work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-20T00:28:59+00:00

    I found this solution did not work.  There seemed to be no way to display the folder size or file number content in a folder list.  Only by checking properties or hovering over each folder - not practical when you have hundreds of folders to remove.

    One work around I found was kinda useful was a piece of freeware called Wiztree - actually designed to find and remove bloated folders but you can do the scan and then scroll down to the folders with 0 contents and delete them en masse.

    Have a look on CNET or another trusted download site.  I've used it on a couple of machines and never found it to have adware or malware.

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