How to Delete Files on Remote Computers, if there is need to delete files on multiple Windows machines then we have to use a script, here in this article we explain how simple code deletes files on remote computers.
It is easy to delete the files on the remote computers using Powershell, there is a command remove-item deletes files, folders, variable, registry keys, and aliases, let’s learn more about this command with examples.
Remove-Item
Syntax and Example
Examples:
Remove-Item -path "c:\temp\raj.txt"
The above example removes the raj.txt file in C:\temp drive.
Remove-Item -Path C:\temp\* -Force
The above example removes all the files under C:\temp including hidden ready only files as we declared the parameter -force at the end.
Remove-Item -Path C:\app\download\* -Force -Recurse
The Above example removes all files under C:\app\download including subfolders and files recursively as we defined the parameter -Recurse.
Powershell Script to Delete Files on Remote Computers
When you have a requirement to Copy files on multiple remote machines, then we need to write the script this way.
We need to create a file for storing all the servers or multiple machines list, I named it as Allservers.txt for and saved it in my local machine c:\temp\Allserver.txt
#remote machines list
$machines= Get-Content -Path "C:\temp\AllServers.txt"
foreach ($onemachine in $machines)
{
Write-Host "Currently the script is copying files on" $server
Remove-Item -Path "\\sourcemachine\c$\softwares\adobe" -Force -Recurse
}
The Above example script removes all files under C:\softwares\adobe including subfolders and files recursively on the listed remote computers in the file allservers.txt as we defined the parameters -Recurse and -force it doesn’t ask user confirmation before deleting the files.
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Remove-Item Parameters
-Force
This parameter forces the command to restart a computer without asking the user confirmation.
-Recurse
This parameter is used for deleting the subfolders and files under a defined destination folder or location.
-WhatIf
This parameter shows what happens when you execute a command, I strongly recommend testing this before you restart multiple computers at once.
-Confirm
This parameter prompts user confirmation before it restarts the computer.
-Credential
If you want to restart computers using different accounts or credentials then we have to use this parameter, basically, it runs with default current user account.
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