How can I remove Thumbs.db files

Question

How can I remove Thumbs.db files from Window 7 without affecting any other files? I have already turned off indexing as I use a program called Everything for searches.

Answer 1

You could also try this one-liner in PowerShell:

get-childitem c:\ -include thumbs.db -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname}

By the way, you can replace "C:\" with a different starting folder if you don't want to search the entire drive.

Answer 2

Save this to file with .bat extension and run. It'll go through every folder on drive C:\ and del existing every file with name thumbs.db.

echo off
for /R "c:\" %%i in (thumbs.db) do (
    if exist %%i del %%i
)

or

Use Explorer's search bar, type "thumbs.db", wait till it finds every occurence, then select all ctrl + a and delete