Deleting All Files in a SAS Library

To delete all files in a SAS library at one time, use the KILL option in the PROC DATASETS statement.
CAUTION:
The KILL option deletes all members of the library immediately after the statement is submitted.
You are not asked to verify the Delete operation, so make sure that you intend to delete the files before submitting the program.
For example, the following program deletes all data sets in the library WEATHER and stops the DATASETS procedure:
proc datasets library=weather kill;
run;
quit;
The following output displays the SAS log:
Log 39.11 Deleting All Members of the Library WEATHER
174 proc datasets library=weather kill; NOTE: Deleting WEATHER.BASETEMP (memtype=CATALOG). NOTE: Deleting WEATHER.HIGHTEMP ...

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