• This will return the string before the last backslash. It'll work if there's more than 2.

    DECLARE @STR VARCHAR(200) = 'W:\ABC\F1.bak'

    SELECT LEFT(@Str, LEN(@Str) - CHARINDEX('\', REVERSE(@Str)))

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