# Delete folder and content from file system
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514 "2023-07-10T19:48:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@toddddot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/toddddot)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/1 "2023-07-10T19:48:13Z")
Hello.
Sometimes when I load multiple directories in Mp3Tag I see music genres that I do not want. I know I can select the tracks for the genre I do not want and delete them from the file system. However that still leaves the folder and any non-mp3 files on the file system.
Can I configure Mp3Tag to remove the folder and content from the system when deleting the tracks? or can I create an action that would delete the folder and content from the file system?
This would be quicker than having to open the file system and navigate to the folder to delete it.
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/2 "2023-07-10T19:53:52Z")
You could perhaps create a tool that performs such OS functions.
> **[Tools – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tools/)**
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> Documentation of Tools configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
There is no action that could perform such a thing.
Here is a suggestion for a tool that calls a command shell:
> [@Tool to delete folder.jpg, AlbumArtSmall.jpg, desktop.ini, ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-to-delete-folder-jpg-albumartsmall-jpg-desktop-ini/13061):
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> Some of my album folders have a set of files which I believe is created by Windows Media Player. These files are: desktop.ini AlbumArtSmall.jpg AlbumArt\_{7E518F75-1BC4-4CD1-92B4-B349D9E9248B}Large.jpg AlbumArt{7E518F75-1BC4-4CD1-92B4-B349D9E9248B}\_Small.jpg Folder.jpg These files are hidden files and hidden files. I can't see them in the Windows Explorer. But they show up in Mp3tag Albumart Preview Window, and they can't be overwritten by Mp3tag. That's anoying, because I have set Mp3tag…
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/3 "2023-07-10T20:47:09Z")
Are you sure you would want to blindly delete entire folders without knowing exactly what is in them? Sounds like a recipe for a disaster.
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### Author:  [@toddddot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/toddddot)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/4 "2023-07-10T21:36:46Z")
I know what is in them which is why I want to delete them. Thank you for your concern.
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### Author:  [@toddddot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/toddddot)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/5 "2023-07-10T21:37:19Z")
Thank you for your suggestion, I will have a look at that thread.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/6 "2023-07-11T02:05:37Z")
There is a simple and free Windows program available called Remove Empty Directories (RED) that I use in conjunction with mp3tag regularly. It is very helpful in cases where moving files to a new directory leaves an empty folder or a bunch of them behind.
I would only be more concerned about folders that aren’t empty, and yet deleting them anyhow. RED won’t be of help with these folders. In those few cases where you may be fully aware of the contents, you can go for broke and delete them perhaps with other tools, or manually if there aren’t too many.
For others looking at this thread for reference, be sure that you are fully aware of any folder contents before you use any tools to permanently delete them.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-folder-and-content-from-file-system/61514/7 "2026-02-09T12:30:06Z")