C Drive Full? Automate the Cleanup with This Simple Batch File!

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📝 Published: 27 Apr 2025 | 🔄 Updated: 13 May 2025 | ✍️ By Santosh Kumar Tripathi

My C: drive was almost full. Instead of cleaning manually every time, I created a batch file to automate common cleanup tasks.

What It Does

• Deletes Windows Temp files
• Cleans up %temp% user temp files
• Clears the Prefetch folder
• Empties Recycle Bin

Notes

• Run as Administrator
• This deletes temporary files only – safe, but still use with care
• You can schedule this using Task Scheduler for auto cleanup

Result

I freed up 15+ GB instantly — no tools, no third-party apps.

git clone href="https://github.com/santoshtripathi30/c-drive-automate-cleanup-batch-file

Feel free to tweak and use!

@echo off
setlocal

REM Set the username (this will automatically use the logged-in user)
set "USERNAME=%USERNAME%"

echo Deleting Chrome and Visual Studio cache and other data for user: %USERNAME%

REM Define Chrome user data path
set "CHROME_USER_DATA=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data"

REM Loop through all profiles for Chrome
for /d %%p in ("%CHROME_USER_DATA%\Profile*") do (
    echo Deleting Service Worker, Code Cache, and Cache for: %%p

    REM Delete Service Worker
    del /f /s /q "%%p\Service Worker\*"

    REM Delete Code Cache
    del /f /s /q "%%p\Code Cache\*"

    REM Delete Cache
    del /f /s /q "%%p\Cache\*"
)

REM Loop through all Visual Studio versions for JSProjSystem
for /d %%v in ("C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\*") do (
    if exist "%%v\JSProjectSystem" (
        echo Deleting JSProjectSystem for: %%v
        del /f /s /q "%%v\JSProjectSystem\*"
    )
)

REM Loop through all Visual Studio versions for WebTools
for /d %%v in ("C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\*") do (
    if exist "%%v\WebTools" (
        echo Deleting WebTools for: %%v
        del /f /s /q "%%v\WebTools\*"
    )
)

REM Additional cleanup (Windows, npm, etc.)
del /f /s /q "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\*"
del /f /s /q "C:\Windows\Minidump\*"
del /f /q "C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP"
del /f /s /q "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\AzureFunctionsTools\*"
del /f /s /q "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\npm-cache\*"
del /f /s /q "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\*"

echo.
echo Cleanup complete.
pause