Bulk delete file extensions

Press WinKey+X or <Right-click> the Start button & select Windows PowerShell:

Then copy & paste the following code into the PowerShell window & press <Enter> to execute. Modify the path if necessary:

gci 'F:\My Music\*.!ut' -recurse | ren -NewName {$_.BaseName}

Keith

Hi MD. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator here to help you.

Are you wanting to mass delete files with certain extensions, or delete or hide the extensions themselves? We get asked both.

For mass deleting files by extension using Command Prompt see this tutorial:

https://sumtips.com/tips-n-tricks/recursively-d...

To remove the file extensions themselves see this tutorial:

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/command-line-re...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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If it's simply stripping a given extension, this should work:

$FileLoc = 'c:\Files\Rescuesd'

$ext = '.unwanted'

Get-ChildItem -Path $FileLoc -File | # Add '-Recdrse' to include files from subfolders

?{$_.Extension -like $ext } |

Rename-Item -NewName {$_.BaseName}

Keith

Are you wanting to rename files in a way that removes their extension?

Where are you seeing these extensions?

Keith

I have a large number of additional, unnecessary file extensions that need to be removed. Tried regedit to no avail. any help would be appreciated. ta.

Thanks, Greg. Wish to remove the file extensions only. Will follow your advice and let you know. Ta.