Windows server: logs auto cleanup

To set up automatic cleanups

Step-by-step guide

.bat file will do it for you

1. Create txt file
2. Copy/paste command into it

3. Schedule Batch File

4. Make sure it has admin permissions!

forfiles -p "C:\*******\ProgramLogs" -s -m ECS.log.* /D -5 /C "cmd /c del @path"

File filter is:

ECS.log files (ECS.log.*),

older than 5 days (-5)

good material to read, with step-by-step instructions

To check all big files in windows use this (cmd as administrator!):

forfiles /S /M * /C "cmd /c if @fsize GEQ 104857600 echo @path"