Remove content from Temp

published: December 17, 2021 author: Tinu tags: PowerShell categories: PowerShell-Basic

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Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Temp-folders
  • List content from temp-folders
  • Remove content from temp-folders
• See also

Temp-folders

We known a Windows Server has (too) many temp-folders and did not clean-up this folders.

List content from temp-folders

List content of temp-folders if it’s older than 3 month.

$UsersRoot = $($home) -split '\\'
$AllUsers  = Join-Path -Path "$($splitted[0])" -ChildPath "$($splitted[1])"
$AllUsersTemp = $AllUsers | Get-ChildItem | ForEach { 
    Join-Path -Path $_.FullName -ChildPath 'AppData\Local\Temp' 
}

$folders = @(
    "$($env:systemroot)\Temp"
    $AllUsersTemp 
)
Get-ChildItem $folders -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Sort LastWriteTime | 
 Where LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddMonths(-3)

Remove content from temp-folders

Remove content of temp-folders if it’s older than 3 month.

$folders = @(
    "$($env:systemroot)\Temp"
    $AllUsersTemp
)
Get-ChildItem $folders -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Sort LastWriteTime | 
 Where LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddMonths(-3) | Remove-Item -Recurse

See also

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Clean Out Temp Folders on devblogs.microsoft.com

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