linux command to delete direcoty with specified name recursivel

# First find the directory names as to not accidentally delete important directories
find . -type d -name __pycache__
# If you want to recursively delete its contents, replace -exec rmdir {} \; by -delete or -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;. Other answers include details about these versions, credit them too.
find . -type d -name __pycache__ -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;