A simple CLI tool for cleaning up your .NET project folders. Quickly delete bin and obj folders with safety as files only get deleted when .csproj or .sln file presents in the folder.

Installation

The tool requires .NET 6.0 or up. You can download it here.

Install the CLI globally from Nuget:

dotnet tool install -g NetCleaner

To make sure the tool is up-to-date, run this command:

dotnet tool update -g NetCleaner --no-cache

After that you can try running netclean --help or netclean --version to ensure the tool was installed.

Usage

Run netclean -h to list all supported parameters.

By default, the tool runs in WhatIf mode and no file are actually deleted. When you are sure the files/folders are good to be deleted, run with -d or --Delete.

For example, netclean -r "TestCleaner" -s would search all obj and bin folders/files inside TestCleaner folder (relative to current directory) as well as report the size of these folders/files.

Running netclean -r "TestCleaner" -s -d would actually delete the folders/files.

-d, --Delete
Actually delete the folders. Default: false.

-n, --Names
Folder and File names in comma-separated list that should be deleted. NOT case-sensitive. Default: bin,obj

-e, --Extensions
File extensions that is required to exist in order to delete folders. NOT case-sensitive. If none is specified, files and folders will be deleted. Default: sln,csproj,wapproj

-s, --Size
Report total file size of deleted folders

-r, --Root
Start folder where the search is performed. Default to Current Directory.

-i, --Ignores
Ignore these folder names in this comma-separated list. NOT case-sensitive. Default: (nothing)

--help
Display this help screen.

--version
Display version information.