Use PowerShell To Delete Files Older Than

So you have a machine with a bunch of old files that are just taking up space and you want to quickly and easily clear them all out? PowerShell to the rescue. This command will delete all files in the current directory that were created more than 30 days ago. You can change the number of days based on your needs.

> Get-ChildItem | Where-Object{$_.CreationTime –lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)} | Remove-Item

Want to clear out the current directory AND all subdirectories? Add the -Recurse flag after Get-ChildItem.

> Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Where-Object{$_.CreationTime –lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)} | Remove-Item

Want to suppress any "are you sure" prompts? Add the -Recurse flag after Remove-Item.

> Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Where-Object{$_.CreationTime –lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)} | Remove-Item -Recurse