How to Delete Files and Directories with the Linux Command Line

How to delete folder recursively


rm -rf */examplefolder

This will remove all subfolders in the current folder with the name examplefolder.
The command will look in the current folder and check every folder for a subfolder named examplefolder which it will forcefully delete

The f, in this case, is so that we do not get prompted for write-protected files in the subfolder the f (force) option will prevent the prompt and just delete the subfolder