PowerShell/Docs/clear-recycle-bin.md
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The clear-recycle-bin.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script removes the content of the recycle bin folder permanently. IMPORTANT NOTE: this cannot be undo!

Parameters

clear-recycle-bin.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./clear-recycle-bin

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Clears the recycle bin folder .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script removes the content of the recycle bin folder permanently. IMPORTANT NOTE: this cannot be undo! .EXAMPLE PS> ./clear-recycle-bin .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

try { Clear-RecycleBin -Confirm:$false if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'Clear-RecycleBin' failed" }

& "$PSScriptRoot/give-reply.ps1" "It's clean now."
exit 0 # success

} catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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