In my PowerShell script I'm trying to delete a folder, but only if it exists:if (Test-Path $folder) { Remove-Item $folder -Recurse; }I find myself repeating this combination of cmdlets quite a few times, and wished I had something like this:# Pseudo code:Remove-Item $folder -Recurse -IgnoreNonExistentPathsIs there a way to do something like that? A different command, or an option I've missed from the Remove-Item documentation perhaps? Or is the only way to DRY out this bit of code to write my own cmdlet that combines Test-Path and Remove-Item?
Delete folder if it exists in PowerShell
file system;powershell
I assume you're just trying to avoid the error message in case it doesn't exist.What if you just ignore it:Remove-Item $folder -Recurse -ErrorAction IgnoreIf that's not what you want, I would recommend writing your own function:function Remove-ItemSafely {[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]param(    [Parameter(        Mandatory=$true,        ValueFromPipeline=$true,        ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true    )]    [String[]]    $Path ,    [Switch]    $Recurse)    Process {        foreach($p in $Path) {            if(Test-Path $p) {                Remove-Item $p -Recurse:$Recurse -WhatIf:$WhatIfPreference            }        }    }}