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 a folder in SharePoint:
To delete a Sub-folder from SharePoint Document Library using PowerShell:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$siteURL = "https://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 "https://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 = "https://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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