free up space by deleting temp files via intune

Hi Jannik_Reinhard and Rudy_Ooms_MVP,

Thanks for sharing this.

I am keen to try it too.

However, I have machines running in Kiosk mode (Windows 10 Multi Kiosk Profile deployed by Intune).

Would either the method (Storage Sense or Proactive remediations with your scripts) work under the user-less context? Are those related Windows CSP device or user scoped?

Me reading the Storage Sense Doc, it keeps saying "Deleting files for users", etc.

Thank you.

Jannik his option is indeed a good one... combining it with storage sense... is also a smart thing to do... but still we are using our own scripting... 🙂 almost the same policy we used on our remote desktop environments

This script will make sure data in all the users temp folders will be deleted. You can simply add stuff you need

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Getting the list of users"
md c:\install -force
dir C:\Users | select Name | Export-Csv -Path C:\install\users.csv -NoTypeInformation
$list=Test-Path C:\install\users.csv


Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "SECTION 1: Clearing some other stuff"

Import-CSV -Path C:\install\users.csv -Header Name | foreach {
Remove-item C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\*.nst -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-item C:\Users\$($_.Name)\appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.db -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\previous\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
}


Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "SECTION 2: Clearing Mozilla Firefox Caches"

Import-CSV -Path C:\install\users.csv -Header Name | foreach {
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\* -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\*.* -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache2\entries\*.* -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\thumbnails\* -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cookies.sqlite -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\webappsstore.sqlite -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\chromeappsstore.sqlite -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-item C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\Cache2\* -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
}


Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "SECTION 3: Clearing Google Chrome Caches"

Import-CSV -Path C:\install\users.csv -Header Name | foreach {
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache2\entries\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies-Journal" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Service Worker\CacheStorage\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
}


Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "SECTION 4: Clearing Internet Explorer Caches"

Import-CSV -Path C:\install\users.csv | foreach {
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\inetcache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Temp\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\webcache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\`$recycle.bin\" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Service Worker\CacheStorage\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
}

As an alternative, you can also consider configuring Storage Sense, as described on Manage drive space with Storage Sense (microsoft.com). Among other things, this allows you to (automatically) clean up temporary files when disk space runs low. 

Also, check out this blog on how to configure it with Settings Catalog: 

How To Configure Storage Sense Using Intune | Endpoint Manager HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com)