Delete Folders, Sub-Folders from SharePoint Library using PowerShell
I need to delete a Folder from SharePoint document library using PowerShell programmatically.
PowerShell script to delete folder in SharePoint 2013:To Delete a Sub-folder from SharePoint Document Library using PowerShell:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $siteURL = "http://sharepoint.crescent.com/sites/sales" $listName = "Documents" $folderToDelete = "v2" #Get the Web $web = Get-SPWeb $siteURL #Get all Sub folders $folders = $web.Folders[$listName].SubFolders Foreach ($folder in $folders) { if ($folder.Name -match $folderToDelete) { $web.Folders[$listName].SubFolders.Delete($folder); Write-Host "Folder has been deleted!" } }
PowerShell to Delete Folder in SharePoint by URL:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Get the Web $Web = Get-SPWeb "http://intranet.crescent.com/sales" $FolderRetiveURL = "/sales/Documents/Active/2017" #Get the folder $Folder = $web.GetFolder($FolderRetiveURL) If ($Folder.Exists) { $Folder.Delete() | Out-Null Write-host -f Green "Folder Deleted Successfully!" } Else { Write-host -f Yellow "Could not find Folder at $FolderRetiveURL!" }
Delete All Folders from a Library:
Here is the PowerShell to delete all folders from a SharePoint library.
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $siteURL = "http://sharepoint.crescent.com/sites/sales" $listName = "Documents" #Get the Web $web = Get-SPWeb $siteURL #Get the list $list = $web.lists[$listName] #Get all folders under the list $query = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery $camlQuery = '<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name="ContentType" /><Value Type="Text">Folder</Value></Eq></Where>' $query.Query = $camlQuery $query.ViewAttributes = "Scope='RecursiveAll'" $folders = $list.GetItems($query) for ($index = $folders.Count - 1; $index -ge 0; $index--) { Write-Host("Deleting folder: $($folders[$index].Name) at $($folders[$index].URL)") $folders.Delete($index); }
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