If you want to delete 21Gb or small txt files from your hard disk you will notice that the GUI is slow (finding files first etc). The fastest way I have found is the following:
Thanks Hugo for the tip.
del /f/s/q foldername > nul
rmdir /s/q foldername
Thanks Hugo for the tip.
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One of my favourites for clearing out files in a folder without deleting the folder is "rd . /s /q". This command should be run from the folder you want to clear out. Make sure you understand what it is doing *before* you use it on a live system. Subdirectories and contents will be removed as well.
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