Delete all files and sub directories but keep main directory

Question 1

I have a folder whose entire entire contents I want to delete, but I want to keep the actual folder. I have tried this:

function deleteFiles {
  # The parameter. 
  param([string]$sourceDir) 

  # Move the files
  Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -Include *.* -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}

  #Delete empty directories
  Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -recurse | Where-Object {
    $_.PSIsContainer -eq $true -and (Get-ChildItem -Path $_.FullName) -eq $null
  } | Remove-Item 
}

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function deleteFiles {

# The parameter.

param([string]$sourceDir)

# Move the files

Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -Include *.* -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}

#Delete empty directories

Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -recurse | Where-Object {

$_.PSIsContainer -eq $true -and (Get-ChildItem -Path $_.FullName) -eq $null

} | Remove-Item

}

However as one of the subdirectories has its own sub directories they aren’t deleted.

Question 2

This should suffice:

Remove-Item -Path "$sourceDir\*" -Recurse

1 2	Remove-Item -Path "$sourceDir\*" -Recurse

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