Remove all files from a directory?

• To remove the folder with all its contents(including all interior folders):

  rm -rf /path/to/directory
  

• To remove all the contents of the folder(including all interior folders) but not the folder itself:

  rm -rf /path/to/directory/*
  

• To remove all the “files” from inside a folder(not removing interior folders):

  rm -f /path/to/directory/*
  

Where:

• rm – stands for “remove“
• -f – stands for “force” which is helpful when you don’t want to be asked/prompted if you want to remove an archive, for example.
• -r – stands for “recursive” which means that you want to go recursively down every folder and remove everything.