{"id":33191,"date":"2025-05-17T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/?p=33191"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:45:38","slug":"how-to-delete-large-folders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/como-eliminar-carpetas-grandes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete large folders quickly \u26a1 Goodbye waiting in Windows 11!"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Delete Large Folders Easily \ud83d\uddd1\ufe0f Tricks to Speed Up Windows 11<\/h2>\n
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When you select a folder to delete in Windows 11, the operating system calculates the progress of the deletion. During this process, CPU and disk usage increases, resulting in a decrease in file deletion speed. \ud83d\udc22<\/p>\n

Even worse, these problems don't have an easy fix. Users must turn to the Command Prompt utility to quickly delete large folders in Windows 11. So, if your Windows 11 PC is taking longer than usual to delete large folders, here's what you can do. \u26a1<\/p>\n

This is because the content focuses on a specific trick to improve Windows 11 performance and usability by deleting large folders.<\/p>\n

1. Delete Large Folders Quickly with Command Prompt<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

En este m\u00e9todo, utilizaremos la utilidad de S\u00edmbolo del sistema para borrar carpetas grandes m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido<\/a> in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

1. In the Windows 11 search, type Command Prompt<\/a>. Then, right click on it and select Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Run<\/p>\n

2. Now, navigate to the folder you want to delete. Right-click on it and select Copy as path<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Copy<\/p>\n

3. Switch to the Command Prompt utility and type CD<\/strong> followed by the path you copied.<\/p>\n

For example: cd \u201cD:\\Games\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CD\"<\/p>\n

4. This will select the folder. Now type del \/f\/q\/s *.* > null<\/strong> and press Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"del<\/p>\n

5. If you want to go back one level in the folder path, type CD..<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n

\"CD..\"<\/p>\n

6. Now, type the following command to delete the folder and all its subfolders and press Enter.<\/p>\n

rmdir \/q\/s FOLDER-NAME<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Important:<\/strong> Replaces 'FOLDER-NAME'<\/strong> with the real name of the folder you want to delete. \ud83d\uddd1\ufe0f<\/p>\n
In this method, we create a script and add it to the Registry. This will add a Quick Delete shortcut to the Windows 11 context menu. Here's what to do.<\/p>\n
1. Open Notepad<\/a><\/strong> on your Windows 11 computer and paste the following lines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
@ECHO OFF\r\n\r\nECHO \u00bfEliminar carpeta: %CD%?\r\n\r\nPAUSE\r\n\r\nSET FOLDER=%CD%\r\n\r\nCD \/\r\n\r\nDEL \/F\/Q\/S \"%FOLDER%\" > NUL\r\n\r\nRMDIR \/Q\/S \"%FOLDER%\"\r\n\r\nEXIT<\/pre>\n
\"paste<\/p>\n
2. Click on File > Save As<\/strong>. Navigate to C:\\Windows at the save prompt and save the file with the extension .one<\/strong>. For example, delete_quick.bat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"File<\/p>\n
3. Now open the Registry Editor<\/strong> from Windows 11 search. Then navigate to this path:<\/p>\n
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\<\/strong><\/pre>\n
\"New<\/p>\n
4. Right click on the Shell folder and select New > Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"New<\/p>\n
5. Name the new key as Quick Delete<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n
6. Right-click on the Quick Delete key and select New > Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Quick<\/p>\n
7. Name the new key as command<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n
\"command\"<\/p>\n
8. Double-click the default key on the right. At the Edit String prompt, enter the following line in the Value field and click OK.<\/p>\n
cmd \/c "cd %1 && delete_rapido.bat"<\/strong><\/pre>\n
\"cmd<\/p>\n
9. Now, navigate to the folder you want to delete. Right-click on it and select the 'Quick Delete<\/strong>' from the context menu.<\/p>\n
\"Quick<\/p>\n
This guide explains how to quickly delete large folders on a Windows 11 computer. Let us know if you need more help deleting large folders faster in Windows 11. Also, if you find this guide helpful, please share it with your friends. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
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How to Delete Large Folders Fast \u26a1 Discover the hidden Windows 11 trick to delete without waiting or hassle. Try it now!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","iawp_total_views":172,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"percentage","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1428],"tags":[1445,1559,1581],"class_list":["post-33191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","tag-evergreencontent","tag-windows11","tag-windowstips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33191"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110057,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191\/revisions\/110057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}