How can I batch delete all files of a certain type in a folder newer than a certain date on Windows?

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So Google Music decided to download about half of my uploaded music library to my local music library when I told it to download my purchased music, so now I have a bunch of MP3s I need to delete automatically.

Can I get any help here? I'm not so great with batch script.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '11 at 06:40

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You can use forfiles

forfiles /p g:\music /d -30 /c "cmd /c del @file"

This will delete any file older than 30 days.

Read about forfiles syntax here

If it's not there in your system, download forfiles from MSFT's Reskit ftp

answered Dec 19 '11 at 06:40

Sathyajith Bhat

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '11 at 20:31

For another command script way to do this, using JP Software's TCC/LE, simply use date ranges and the del command:

del /[d2011-12-19] *.mp3

Yes, you can do the last 30 days, too:

del /[d-30] *.mp3

How can I batch delete all files of a certain type in a folder newer than a certain date on Windows?

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