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Clean Up Temporary Files on Windows

Deletes files older than 7 days in the Windows Temp folder and every user's Temp folder. Reports the space recovered.

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Last reviewed: November 6, 2026

CODE

Script

clear-temp-files-windows.ps1

$cutoff = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)
$paths = @("$env:SystemRoot\Temp") + (Get-ChildItem 'C:\Users' -Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $_.FullName 'AppData\Local\Temp' })
$freed = 0
foreach ($path in $paths) {
    if (-not (Test-Path $path)) { continue }
    Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse -File -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
        Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $cutoff } |
        ForEach-Object {
            $size = $_.Length
            Remove-Item $_.FullName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            if (-not (Test-Path $_.FullName)) { $freed += $size }
        }
}
Write-Output ("Freed {0:N1} MB" -f ($freed / 1MB))

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01
Add the script
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02
Select the OS
Select Windows as the target operating system.
03
Test it
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04
Roll out
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