Portable Remove Empty Directories

Portable Remove Empty Directories is a software utility which helps people search for empty folders in custom locations, so as to easily get rid of clutter.

This is the portable counterpart of Remove Empty Directories, meaning installation is not a prerequisite. As a consequence, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to be affected in any way whatsoever by this tool.

Aside from that, you can copy the program files to any location on the hard drive, in order to run it from there with the help of the executable. It is also possible to drop these files to a USB flash drive and use Portable Remove Empty Directories on any computer you can get your hands on.

The interface is fairly plain, consisting of a few tabs, which allow you to quickly access all the options available.

In order to start the process, you simply have to click the “Scan folders” button. The results are going to appear in the main window as a folder structure. In addition to that, you should know there is a color-coded system in place, and the directory icons are different depending on their type (a legend is available in the main screen).

From the settings tab, you can choose the delete mode (to recycle bin, delete directly etc.), detect paths in the Clipboard, ignore hidden folders, skip system directories, as well as integrate the application into the Explorer context menu.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say that Portable Remove Empty Directories is a useful piece of software. However, you should know that during our tests, CPU and memory usage was quite significant.