POWERSHELL: DELETE FILES OLDER THAN X DAYS EXCLUDE SOME FILES

https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/12/powershell-delete-files-older-than/

POWERSHELL: DELETE FILES OLDER THAN X DAYS

This example will use PowerShell to delete files older than 90 days.

-Exclude a.jpg, a.png

# Delete all Files in C:\temp older than 90 day(s)

$Path = "C:\temp"

$Daysback = "-90"

 

$CurrentDate = Get-Date

$DatetoDelete = $CurrentDate.AddDays($Daysback)

Get-ChildItem $Path  -Exclude a.jpg, a.png | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $DatetoDelete } | Remove-Item

If you need to delete files in subfolders too, you can use this script. This is the same script with the Get-Childitem parameter “-Recurse”.

# Delete all Files and sub folder files in C:\temp older than 90 day(s)

$Path = "C:\temp"

$Daysback = "-90"

 

$CurrentDate = Get-Date

$DatetoDelete = $CurrentDate.AddDays($Daysback)

Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse  -Exclude a.jpg, a.png | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $DatetoDelete } | Remove-Item