I want to delete all files and folders in shared document using powershell.
Thanks.
1 Answer
try below code:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell # Replace siteurl with actual web url $web = Get-SPWeb -Identity "siteurl" # Replace docurl with document library url $list = $web.GetList("docurl") function DeleteFiles { param($folderUrl) $folder = $web.GetFolder($folderUrl) foreach ($file in $folder.Files) { # Delete file by deleting parent SPListItem Write-Host("DELETED FILE: " + $file.name) $list.Items.DeleteItemById($file.Item.Id) } } # Delete root files DeleteFiles($list.RootFolder.Url) # Delete files in folders foreach ($folder in $list.Folders) { DeleteFiles($folder.Url) } # Delete folders foreach ($folder in $list.Folders) { try { Write-Host("DELETED FOLDER: " + $folder.name) $list.Folders.DeleteItemById($folder.ID) } catch { # Deletion of parent folder already deleted this folder } } 