Delete files older than x days in multiple folders

Question

I have a folder structure that is something like this:

C:\XYZ\
|---A\
|-----Archive
|---B\
|-----Archive
|---C\
|-----Archive

There are a total of about 150 folders. I run the command below to see what files are in the folders:

for /R C:\XYZ\ %i IN ("archive\*.*") do echo %i

I want to modify this command to delete all files in the archive folders older that a number of days. I tried the /d -20 somewhere in the command line to try and get the files just listed, but nothing seems to work.

Answer 1

Based on your requirement, following command will help you:

ForFiles /p "c:\XYZ" /s /d -20 /M Archive.* /c "cmd /c del @file"

For further help, please take reference from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/forfiles

Note: Please backup your content before experimenting any command:D