I want to delete all bin and obj folders to force all projects to rebuild everything

Question

I work with multiple projects, and I want to recursively delete all folders with the name \'bin\' or \'obj\' that way I am sure that all projects will rebuild everything (so

Answer 1

I use a slight modification of Robert H which skips errors and prints the delete files. I usally also clear the .vs, _resharper and package folders:

Get-ChildItem -include bin,obj,packages,'_ReSharper.Caches','.vs' -Force -Recurse | foreach ($_) { remove-item $_.fullname -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose}

Also worth to note is the git command which clears all changes inclusive ignored files and directories:

git clean -dfx