Deletes files older than the configured age from the system and user temp folders, and reports how many files and how many megabytes came back per location. Files locked by a running process are skipped rather than fought with, which is why this is safe to schedule during business hours.
powershell
# Clear Temp Files
# Single use case: delete old files from the system temp locations
#-----------------------------------------------------------------
function Write-Log {
param($Message)
Write-Host "<WRITE-LOG = `"*$Message*`">"
}
# --- Parameters (replace via ServerEngine API parameters if needed) ---
$OlderThanDays = 7
$cutoff = (Get-Date).AddDays(-[int]$OlderThanDays)
$targets = @("$env:SystemRoot\Temp", "$env:TEMP") | Select-Object -Unique
$totalFiles = 0
$totalMB = 0
foreach ($dir in $targets) {
if (-not (Test-Path $dir)) { continue }
$files = Get-ChildItem $dir -Recurse -File -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $cutoff }
$sizeMB = [math]::Round((($files | Measure-Object Length -Sum).Sum) / 1MB, 1)
Write-Log "[$dir] deleting $(@($files).Count) file(s) older than $OlderThanDays days ($sizeMB MB)..."
$deleted = 0
foreach ($f in $files) {
try { Remove-Item $f.FullName -Force -ErrorAction Stop; $deleted++ } catch {}
}
Write-Log "[$dir] deleted: $deleted (locked files are skipped)"
$totalFiles += $deleted
$totalMB += $sizeMB
}
Write-Log "Temp cleanup complete: $totalFiles file(s), ~$totalMB MB reclaimed."Run it across your fleet
This script runs as-is on a single host. Paste it into ServerEngine to schedule it, run it on a whole server group in parallel, and keep the credentials out of the file — see the scripts documentation and the credential store.
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