How to Cleanup Junk files in Windows?

In this article, learn how to How to Cleanup Junk files in Windows by using Windows command line utility by executing basic DOS commands.

How to Cleanup Junk files in Windows?

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REM Cleanup files for Windows XP 

REM Cleanup cookies for current user 
del "%USERPROFILE%"\cookies\*.txt 

REM Cleanup temp directory for current user 
del /s /f /q "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\temp\* 
rmdir /s /q "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\temp 
mkdir "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\Temp 

REM Cleanup temporary internet file directories for current user 
del /s /f /q "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\tempor~1\* 
del /s /f /q /a:s "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\tempor~1\* 
del /s /f /q /a:h "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\tempor~1\* 
del /s /f /q /a:r "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\tempor~1\* 
rmdir /s /q "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\tempor~1 

REM Cleanup history for current user 
del /s /f /q "%USERPROFILE%"\locals~1\history\* 

REM Cleanup Windows prefetch 
del /s /f /q "%SystemRoot%"\prefetch\* 

REM Cleanup Windows minidump 
del /s /f /q "%SystemRoot%"\Minidump\* 

REM Cleanup Windows temp 
del /s /f /q "%SystemRoot%"\temp\* 
rmdir /s /q "%SystemRoot%"\temp\ 
mkdir "%SystemRoot%"\Temp 

REM Cleanup recent shortcuts for current user 
del /s /f /q "%USERPROFILE%"\recent\* 

REM Cleanup environment varable set temp storage 
del /s /f /q "%TEMP%" 

REM Cleanup environment varable set tmp storage 
del /s /f /q "%TMP%" 

REM Cleanup c:\temp 
del /s /f /q c:\temp\* 
rmdir /s /q c:\temp\ 
mkdir c:\Temp 

REM Cleanup Recycle Bin storage areas 
del /s /f /q c:\Recycled\* 
del /s /f /q c:\Recycler\*

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