Folder cleanup with PowerShell

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Published on 2010-04-24T14:12:52Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 14:13 UTC
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I'd like to clean up some directories after my script runs by deleting certain folders and files from the current directory if they exist. Originally, I structured the script like this:

if (Test-Path Folder1) {
  Remove-Item -r Folder1
}
if (Test-Path Folder2) {
  Remove-Item -r Folder2
}
if (Test-Path File1) {
  Remove-Item File1
}

Now that I have quite a few items listed in this section, I'd like to clean it up. How can I do so?

Side note: The items are cleaned up before the script runs, since they are left over from the previous run in case I need to examine them.

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