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Deleting files older than N days using batch script

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In this article, we will use a batch script to delete files older than N days.


Deleting files older than N days using batch script

The general format of the code to perform this task is shown below.

FORFILES /p "D:\DIRECTORY" /S /M *.* /D - /C "CMD /C DEL @path"

Here are some things we need to know about this code.

/sIndicates the subfolders of this directory. /m .Specifies all file formats on this directory to be deleted.

/DStands for date. /C provides per-file action, in our case cmd /c del @path.

Let's look at an example. The following code will delete files in a directory that are older than 6 days.

@echo off
FORFILES /p "D:\DIRECTORY" /s /m *.* /D -6 /C "cmd /c del @path"

All the methods we discussed above are applicable to Windows CMD only.

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