# Delete the node_modules folder 50% faster on Windows

Surely you know this, you want to delete the node_modules on windows and you wait and wait and wait. I will show you how to delete it faster. The faster way is to delete the folder using the windows command line and the `RMDIR` command. But the fastest way is to use the npm package "[rimraf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rimraf) ". You have to install the package globally:

`npm install rimraf -g`

After that, you can delete the folder with the command `rimraf {FolderPath}`.

Admittedly, it is not very nice to constantly type this command. I have a solution for that as well. We add this command to the Windows Explorer context menu.


![Window Contextmenu delete fast](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1630432636146/6M9qebsjA.png)

To do this, open `regedit` (`Win` + `R`). Then navigate to the following path. 

If you are an administrator ==> `HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell`

OR

If you are a normal user ==> `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell` 

Click on the shell folder with the right mouse and add a new key. The name of this key is then the name as it appears in the context menu. I have chosen for example `Delete FAST`. For this folder, you create another key with the name `command` (this name is mandatory). Then you edit the `default` value and enter the following value 

```bash
cmd /c "cd /d %1 && cd / && rimraf "%1""
```


![Step-by-Step REGEDIT Registration](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1630432423328/zoJOX2L7b.png)

That's it.

Now when you right-click on your folder, you have this item:

![Window Contextmenu delete fast](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1630432857090/HoNDSxvdb.png)

**ATTENTION**: the folders and the content are permanently deleted, they do not end up in the recycle bin.

Happy Coding ;-)