Empty Recycle Bin

[pablohoney]

Looking for a script to create an automated task to empty the recycle bin.

[Hanfelt]

Powershell try:

Clear-RecycleBin -force

[pablohoney]

Hi Hanfelt thanks - didn't seem to work for some reason. I'll keep searching and see if I have luck with some other options. Lots of different recommendations from all over.

Thanks again.

[Hanfelt]

Sorry i only tried on my computer and there it worked. I will try it in pulseway as a script as well.

[Chris]

rd /s /q %systemdrive%\$Recycle.bin

This CMD line will delete the RecycleBin content for all users, but in order to see the changes on a screen you will need to restart the explorer.exe. 

[pablohoney]

Hi Chris,

To automate this as a scheduled task - should I just add it directly as is as a powershell script? Thank you.

[Chris]

Hi,

You will need to create a Bach script. And run it as a Scheduled task.