NOTE: there is an issue when I publish releases of the script - for now I'll just provide the link to the RAW text script, or you can just download the whole repository and just keep the CleanExchangeLogFiles.ps1 file. Apologizes for the invonvenience
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PowerShell script taken and adapted from Edward Van Biljon (was on his Technet Gallery, which has been decommissioned in 2020 (original link: gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Clear-Exchange-2013-Log-71abba44) with the following modifications:
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No need to modify the IIS and Exchange Path => the script uses environment variables to find the Exchange Logging and IIS Logging paths (script has to be used on Exchange servers to remove the log files)
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added -DoNotDelete switch to just assess the amount of files that we'd potentially remove
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added -NoConfirmation switch to avoir being prompted to continue or cancel
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added progress bars
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added script log file
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Usage
- example to view folder sizes only for IIS log files aged 2 days and older:
.\CleanExchangeLogFiles.ps1 -Days 2 -DoNotDelete
sample output:
- example to clean Exchange Logging files and IIS Log files aged 5 days and older:
.\CleanExchangeLogFiles.ps1 -Days 2
You'll see the progress bars (one for the folder it's cleaning, and one for the files it's cleaning for each folder):
NOTE: to use in a Windows Scheduled task, use the
-NoConfirmationswitch to bypass the Confirm Yes/No dialog box. Otherwise the script will just wait for a user input, which will never come because it's a Windows Scheduled task, most likely configured as "non interactive" because we want it to be automatic.
In that case, use the -NoConfirmation switch:
.\CleanExchangeLogFiles -Days 2 -NoConfirmationThis will launch the script in files deletion mode immediately, without the need of a user interaction.
The script log file will be located on the user's Documents folder:
And it will contain the same information as on the screen:
Either download the whole repo, or copy/paste the text of CleanExchangeLogFiles.ps1 from this link