HereвЂ™s the simple script:You will need to specify the -VerifyNoEmpty parameter or run the script several times to remove nested empty directories. I was trying for a simple recursive file count powershell script but canвЂ™t get it working. IвЂ™ve been taking baby steps but this still seems to be too much for me. It has only been tested against file systems.My dream solution would be a spreadsheet or csv that has вЂsubfoldername, , .

You might also need to consider the situation where you can't read, but can write/delete. It should be useful for a range of use cases.The front page search engine hits I found for PowerShell scripts for deleting empty folders didn't even consider nested empty directories.One aspect you need to be aware of, is that if there's a directory you don't have access to list the contents of, it will be treated as empty and an attempt will be made to delete it. The Recurse parameter force the command to recursively go through each.This isn't the most efficient approach as the ones I can think of seem to increase the script's complexity considerably.

I'm not sure if there is other unforeseen behaviour that results from how I check for empty directories/folders.You can use the script below if you want, but this should also do the trick (at the expense of iterating a lot repeatedly, at every level of nesting, if my brain is working right):$LogPath = 'C: emp' # replace this with your root path.Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $LogPath -Force -Recurse | Where-Object.

Powershell Get Files Recursively