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
    2016-10-03T00:39:00+00:00

    I could list the empty folders, but not delete them.  Is there a limit on how many folders can be deleted at one time?  I have over 1000.  Or is there a limit to how deeply nested the folders can be?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-09T03:57:36+00:00

    Hi, I followed your advice to searche for empty folders, however I didnt get any results even though there are tons of empty folders.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-16T04:31:18+00:00

    I dont see any option other than size or date modified!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-16T04:32:33+00:00

    This is clearly the best answer!

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

    you can find it on Click Here.

    Thanks :)

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