How do I delete many fonts all at once instead of 1 at a time?

[Guest]

I did a very foolish thing, I admit it. I purchased and downloaded 6000 fonts
from one of those font sites, and then proceeeded to download each and every
one of them. Now my computer is a little slower than before. So I went into
fonts to delete but it will only let me delete one at a time. Isn't there a
way to delete many fonts all at once?

Maria

 

[dean-dean]

Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
all the fonts selected.

 

[Guest]

Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
all the fonts selected.

I tried that, but that doesn't work. I get messages for each font, asking me
if I'm sure I want to delete it.

 

[dean-dean]

I didn't know that, since I've actually never tried a multiple delete in the
Fonts folder. I'm thinking the inability to delete more than one at a time
must have something to do with the fact that a file is permanently deleted,
rather than going to the recycle bin, unlike files in regular folder, in
addition to the fact that each font must be unregistered. But I really don't
know, and can't think of a work-around for your dilemma.

 

[Guest]

Dean,

Now I understand why I kept getting that message about deleting each font.
Because it's permanently deleted and doesn't go to the recycle bin. I noticed
that last night, but didn't make the connection. Thanks, and PS: I eventually
got through deleting all the extra fonts, I used the sort feature to delete
all the TTF fonts. Thank you,

Maria

 

[K3estrel]

This is almost the same problem I'm having, except that in my case, I want to
KEEP the fonts that I delete - in a folder for uninstalled fonts, so that I
can install and uninstall them as needed when I want them for something. Is
there any way to find and/or recover these kinds of "Permanently" deleted
files? Or else is there a way to redirect deleted font files from the fonts
folder to the recycle bin instead, so I can them cut & paste them back into
their storage folder? (That's what I used to be able to do in Win 98SE...).
I've tried a couple of the font manager softwares available as freeware out
there, but Vista will only let them install, not uninstall.