Service Status
CurseDelete is no longer actively maintained by RePass Cloud Pty Ltd. The source code is available open source on GitHub for community use.
This page is retained for historical reference only.
About CurseDelete
CurseDelete is a command-line utility designed to recursively delete all files and folders under a specified directory as quickly as possible. It was built to address the performance limitations of standard OS-level deletion tools when dealing with directories containing large numbers of files or deeply nested folder structures.
It is the tool behind the fast delete capability referenced in our Business Operations & IT Tooling work — built to handle bulk deletion across SMB shares, UNC paths, and direct drive paths at scale.
What It Does
CurseDelete takes a single target directory path as input and deletes everything beneath it recursively. It is intentionally minimal — no interactive prompts, no partial operations, no recovery. It is designed to be fast and reliable when called from scripts, pipelines, or administrative tooling.
Platform Support
CurseDelete was built on .NET and released as a native AOT-compiled binary for multiple platforms:
- Windows (x64)
- macOS (x64 and ARM64)
- Linux (x64)
Usage
CurseDelete.exe [target_folder]
When It Was Used
CurseDelete was built for environments where standard deletion tooling is too slow — for example, clearing directories containing hundreds of thousands of files across network shares, or automating cleanup steps in build and deployment pipelines where wait time matters.
Open Source Availability
CurseDelete is available open source on GitHub under the MIT licence. Any use of the source code is at your own risk and subject to the licence terms in the repository.
Contact
For questions relating to CurseDelete or open source licensing, contact:
Email: hello@repasscloud.com