How to make a batch file delete itself?

Question

Is it possible to make a batch file delete itself?

I have tried to make it execute another file to delete it but this did not work.

Does any one know how I cou

Answer 1

you can set the delay to avoid race conditions, here is 15 seconds :

START /B CMD.EXE /D /C "PING.EXE -n 15 127.0.0.1 && DEL prova.bat"

NOTES

• CMD.EXE /D is mandatory to avoid execution of auto-run crap-ware
• PING and DEL must be executed syncronous, so surrounded by quotes
• I let to the users how to pass the batch name using "%~f0"