WinClean

Author(s)

• bivlked

Tags

Windows Cleanup Maintenance PowerShell Windows11 DevTools Docker WSL npm pip nuget

Functions

Write-Log Update-Progress Clear-AllProgress Get-RunMarkerPath Set-RunMarker Clear-RunMarker Restore-RestorePointFrequency Invoke-StaleMarkerRecovery Test-InteractiveConsole Test-InternetConnection Test-PSGalleryConnection Test-ScriptUpdate Invoke-ScriptUpdate Install-ModuleWithTimeout Install-PackageProviderWithTimeout Get-WindowsUpdateWithTimeout Test-PendingReboot Get-FolderSize Get-FolderSizeChecked Format-FileSize ConvertFrom-HumanReadableSize Test-PathProtected Remove-FolderContent Remove-FilesByPattern New-SystemRestorePoint Update-WindowsSystem Update-Applications Clear-TempFiles Clear-BrowserCaches Clear-WindowsUpdateCache Get-RecycleBinSize Get-RecycleBinItemCount Clear-WinCleanRecycleBin Clear-SystemCaches Clear-EventLogs Clear-DNSCache Clear-PrivacyTraces Set-WindowsTelemetry Clear-WindowsOld Clear-DeveloperCaches Test-DiskpartCompactionFailed Clear-DockerWSL Clear-VisualStudio Clear-KernelDumps Show-DiskSpaceReport Get-SupersededDriverCandidate Get-RedundantDriverPackage Clear-DriverStore Measure-FreeSpaceGain Invoke-DISMCleanup Invoke-StorageSense Show-Banner Show-FinalStatistics Show-FinalStatisticsBody Write-StatLine Write-ResultJson Invoke-Phase Start-WinClean

Dependencies

This script has no dependencies.

Release Notes

v2.19: Contract and documentation round - -SkipCleanup now skips ALL cleanup categories, result JSON gains a tri-state PhasesSkipped, AppUpdatesCount renamed to AppUpdatesOffered (offered, not installed), full docs overhaul
v2.18: Correctness and hardening follow-up from external code review - diskpart failure detection, driver-store accounting, strict superseded-version rule, exact bootstrap host allowlist
v2.17: Silent failure hardening - operations that quietly do nothing now say so instead of reporting success
v2.16: Driver store cleanup, disk space report, kernel dump cleanup, 9 audit fixes (Delivery Optimization path, TEMP age filter, winget exit codes)
v2.15: ResultJsonPath for automated testing, one-command install/run (get.ps1, install.ps1), integration test suite
v2.14: Log persistence fix, correct npm/Firefox cache paths, localized size parsing, faster DISM/EventLogs, UI fixes
v2.13: Statistics accuracy fixes, efficiency improvements, registry cleanup
v2.12: PS 7.4+ compatibility, improved statistics (Docker/WSL/RecycleBin), ReportOnly accuracy
v2.11: Added timeouts for winget/DISM operations, fixed version display, improved reliability
v2.10: Added auto-update check at startup (checks PSGallery for new version)
v2.9: Fixed PSWindowsUpdate installation hanging (TLS 1.2, timeouts)