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Automatic confirmation of deletion in powershell


The default is: no prompt.

You can enable it with -Confirm or disable it with -Confirm:$false

However, it will still prompt, when the target:

  • is a directory
  • and it is not empty
  • and the -Recurse parameter is not specified.

-Force is required to also remove hidden and read-only items etc.

To sum it up:

Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false

...should cover all scenarios.


Add -confirm:$false to suppress confirmation.


Try using the -Force parameter on Remove-Item.