How can I delete files with PowerShell without confirmation?

Question

I am trying to get the below PowerShell script to work using Task Scheduler. The problem is that it wont delete any files.

When I run it manually it needs a confirmation before deleting files.

Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want  to continue? [Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): 

How can I edit this script to delete files without any confirmation so I can run it using Task Scheduler?

#----- define parameters -----# #----- get current date ----# $Now = Get-Date #----- define amount of days ----# $Days = "10" #----- define folder where files are located ----# $TargetFolder = "D:\Shares\Downloads\TV\AutoDL" #----- define extension ----# $Extension = "*.*" #----- define LastWriteTime parameter based on $Days ---# $LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$Days)  #----- get files based on lastwrite filter and specified folder ---# $Files = Get-Childitem $TargetFolder -Include $Extension -Recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le "$LastWrite"}  foreach ($File in $Files)  {     if ($File -ne $NULL)     {         write-host "Deleting File $File" -ForegroundColor "DarkRed"         Remove-Item $File.FullName | out-null     }     else     {         Write-Host "No more files to delete!" -foregroundcolor "Green"     } } 

Answer 1

Remove-Item foldertodelete -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false 

works for me.

Answer 2

You need to add -Confirm:$false to the Remove-Item command to override the default confirmation behaviour. Failing that, try adding -Force.