RemoveDir Task 

Removes the specified directories and all of its files and subdirectories.

Parameters

The following table describes the parameters of the RemoveDir task.

Parameter	Description
Directories	Required ITaskItem[] parameter. Specifies the directories to delete.
RemovedDirectories	Optional ITaskItem[] output parameter. Contains the directories that were successfully deleted.

Remarks

Example

The following example removes the directories specified by the OutputDirectory and DebugDirectory properties. These paths are treated as relative to the project directory.

<Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2005">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <OutputDirectory>\Output\</OutputDirectory>
        <DebugDirectory>\Debug\</DebugDirectory>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <Target Name="RemoveDirectories">
        <RemoveDir
            Directories="$(OutputDirectory);$(DebugDirectory)" />
    </Target>

</Project>

See Also

Concepts

MSBuild Tasks

Other Resources

MSBuild Task Reference