Open PowerShell in the Current Directory

Hold down the Shift key and right-click on a blank area within the File Explorer window of your target folder. Then select “Open in Terminal” from the context menu. This will open a PowerShell window already pointed to the current directory.

Run the Following PowerShell Command

Press Enter to execute the command. It will search for and delete all .DS_Store files recursively.

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Get-ChildItem -Path . -Include .DS_Store -Recurse -Force | Remove-Item -Force

If You’re Using Command Prompt (CMD)

If you’re using CMD instead of PowerShell, you can use the following command:

⚠️ Make sure you are already in the correct target directory before running this command.

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for /r . %a in (.DS_Store) do del /s /q "%a"

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