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

Regards

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  1. 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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    2014-10-09T14:48:26+00:00

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-18T21:41:14+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

    Regards

    In windows 7 on my machine there is no option to select folders as a criteria. I can add date modified and size as a criteria, but not type.

    Am I missing something?

    EDIT: Never mind, I found you can type the keyword "kind:" and it will pop a list of objects.

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