Public/Clear-WindowsTemp.ps1
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function Clear-WindowsTemp { <# .SYNOPSIS A script to clean out old Windows Temp files. .DESCRIPTION This script will clean out Windows Temp files older than x days. .PARAMETER Days The number of days to keep temp files. The default is 30 days. .EXAMPLE Clear-WindowsTemp -Days 60 Removes all Windows Temp files that are older than 60 days. .COMPONENT TheCleaners #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess, ConfirmImpact = 'Low')] [Alias('Clean-WindowsTemp')] param ( # How many days worth of temp files to retain (how far back to filter). [ValidateRange(1, [int16]::MaxValue)] # Ensure it is a positive number. [int16] $Days = 30 ) $TempPath = Join-Path -Path $env:SystemRoot -ChildPath 'Temp' if (-not (Test-Path -Path $TempPath)) { Write-Warning -Message "Unable to find $TempPath." return } $OldFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $TempPath -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -le ( (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Days) ) } if ($OldFiles.Count -eq 0) { Write-Output "No files found older than $Days days." return } Write-Output "Found $($OldFiles.Count) files and directories older than $Days days in the system temp folder.`n" foreach ($file in $OldFiles) { if ( $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($file.FullName, 'Remove file') ) { try { Remove-Item -Path $file.FullName -Force -ErrorAction Stop Write-Verbose -Message "Removed file: $($file.FullName)" } catch { Write-Output " $($Error[-1].Exception.Message)" } } } } |