What does the del key mean?

The del key means "delete key"; the full English spelling of del is Delete, so the DEL key is also called the "Delete key"; the function of the del key is generally to delete the selected information.

#The operating environment of this tutorial: Windows 10 system, Dell G3 computer.

What does the del key mean?

DEL is the delete key. The full English spelling of DEL is Delete, so the DEL key is also called the "Delete key". Its function is generally to delete the selected information. Its position on the keyboard is as shown in the figure:

Del command displays the following prompt:

All files in directory will be deleted!Are you sure (Y/N)?

Press Y Then press ENTER to delete all files in the current folder, or press N and ENTER to cancel the deletion.

Before you use the del command with wildcard characters to delete a group of files, you can use the dir command with the same wildcard character to view a list of all file names contained in the group.

Warning: Once you delete a file from disk using del, it cannot be restored.

The del command (with various parameters) can be used from the Recovery Console.

Extended information:

Example of DEL command:

To delete all files in the folder named Test on drive C:\, type one of the following commands:

del c:\test
del c:\test\*.*

Note: If you run the:

del *.txt

command, the *.txt* file will be deleted

Because the 8.3 file naming method of dos will name *.txt When the file name is in 8.3 format, it becomes *.txt

Note: del cannot delete folders, but can only operate on files.

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