Clean Folders
with Intelligent Delete

What is Intelligent Delete and Cleaning Folders?

FileBoss's, Intelligent Delete deletes all files (or the files that match the optional file patterns) in a folder and all subfolders.

If it finds files that can't be deleted it still continues to delete all the rest (unlike Windows Explorer and other file managers.)

For example it might be used to remove backup or intermediate files that aren't needed any more. 

You can easily specify multiple patterns by separating them with semi-colons or the bar character, e.g. *.bak; *.tmp; ~*.*.

In addition - and as an option - FileBoss can remove any folders that are empty after the cleaning process has completed.

How to Clean Folders

Cleaning folders is a simple process of select, specify a few simple options and the let FileBoss do the work.

• Select the folders you want to clean in the List window (right-hand window) or click on a folder in the navigation window (the left-hand window).
• Use the Actions > Clean Folders... command from the main menu.
• Fill in any optional patterns, select the appropriate options and click OK

Deleting vs. Recycling

The Windows Recycle Bin was not designed for and is not efficient when handling large numbers of files (as in hundreds). If the Recycle option is used when many files will be delete your computer down significantly and take a long time to finish.