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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.md
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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
Locale: en-US
Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
ms.date: 02/14/2023
ms.date: 01/28/2026
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/remove-item?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
aliases:
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fails.

> [!NOTE]
> This behavior was fixed in Windows versions 1909 and up.
> Starting in Windows version 1909, specifying the file type in the **Path** parameter when using
> the **Recurse** parameter does recursively discover child items with the given file extension.
>
> In Windows version 1909 and later, the following statements will discover and remove the same
> files:
>
> ```powershell
> # Works in all versions of Windows:
> Get-ChildItem -Path * -Include *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> # Only correctly finds and removes nested CSV files in Windows 1909 and later:
> Get-ChildItem -Path *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> ```

### Example 5: Delete subkeys recursively

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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.md
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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
Locale: en-US
Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
ms.date: 02/14/2023
ms.date: 01/28/2026
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/remove-item?view=powershell-7.4&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
aliases:
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fails.

> [!NOTE]
> This behavior was fixed in Windows versions 1909 and up.
> Starting in Windows version 1909, specifying the file type in the **Path** parameter when using
> the **Recurse** parameter does recursively discover child items with the given file extension.
>
> In Windows version 1909 and later, the following statements will discover and remove the same
> files:
>
> ```powershell
> # Works in all versions of Windows:
> Get-ChildItem -Path * -Include *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> # Only correctly finds and removes nested CSV files in Windows 1909 and later:
> Get-ChildItem -Path *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> ```

### Example 5: Delete subkeys recursively

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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
Locale: en-US
Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
ms.date: 02/14/2023
ms.date: 01/28/2026
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/remove-item?view=powershell-7.5&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
aliases:
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fails.

> [!NOTE]
> This behavior was fixed in Windows versions 1909 and up.
> Starting in Windows version 1909, specifying the file type in the **Path** parameter when using
> the **Recurse** parameter does recursively discover child items with the given file extension.
>
> In Windows version 1909 and later, the following statements will discover and remove the same
> files:
>
> ```powershell
> # Works in all versions of Windows:
> Get-ChildItem -Path * -Include *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> # Only correctly finds and removes nested CSV files in Windows 1909 and later:
> Get-ChildItem -Path *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> ```

### Example 5: Delete subkeys recursively

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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.md
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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
Locale: en-US
Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
ms.date: 02/14/2023
ms.date: 01/28/2026
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/remove-item?view=powershell-7.6&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
aliases:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -128,7 +128,18 @@ cmdlet interprets the subject of the search to be a file that has no child items
fails.

> [!NOTE]
> This behavior was fixed in Windows versions 1909 and up.
> Starting in Windows version 1909, specifying the file type in the **Path** parameter when using
> the **Recurse** parameter does recursively discover child items with the given file extension.
>
> In Windows version 1909 and later, the following statements will discover and remove the same
> files:
>
> ```powershell
> # Works in all versions of Windows:
> Get-ChildItem -Path * -Include *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> # Only correctly finds and removes nested CSV files in Windows 1909 and later:
> Get-ChildItem -Path *.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
> ```

### Example 5: Delete subkeys recursively

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