How to delete all temporary files from (bin,obj,packages) your solution folder

by Joche Ojeda | Feb 23, 2020 | Visual Studio

Sometimes you want to send a zip with your visual studio solution or project, but after you archive your files you realize that the file size is huge, well worry no more you can use the following script (a .bat file) to clear all the temporary files in your visual studio solution

just save the following code in a ms-dos bat file, name the file ClearTeam.bat

rem start of the script
@echo off

for /d /r . %%d in (bin,obj,packages) do @if exist "%%d" rd /s/q "%%d"
FOR /R %%H IN (*.log) DO del "%%H"
FOR /r %%G IN (*.bak) DO del "%%G"
FOR /R %%J IN (*.suo) DO del "%%J"

IF EXIST .vs rd .vs /s/q
rem end of the script

to run it, just double click in the bat file or execute it but call the file name in console, in this case, ClearTeam.bat