Delete old home directories for removed users.

[dany2010]

Hi,

 

We have lots of folders in our home directory directory that are no longer linked to existing accounts.

 

I've tried to find a script but they all seem to be for linux.

 

Is there a way/script to delete these.

 

The home folder names are identical to their usernames.

 

Thanks

[Gatt]

If your Home Folders are based on usernames, then a PowerShell script to read in all the folders to a CSV files, and then run the CSV against all usernames in AD, and delete the folder if $samaccountname doesn't exist

 

You'd need to play with the powershell code to compare the folder name and samaccountname...

[linkazoid]

@dany2010 did you ever solve this. I'm in a similar position now and looking for the same solution.

[dany2010]

Hi Linkazoid

 

Did it manually in the end. Had a afternoon free so sat down with a Mc Donalds and clicked away comparing AD with the folders.

[RobOgan]

Spiceworks lists a Powershell script for this here: Clean Home Folders Not Matching Active Directory Accounts - Script Center - Spiceworks

[linkazoid]

Thank you. Not quite sure why I couldn't find it on the internet. Looks to be exactly what we need!

[Sephiroth]

I know you've already solved this but if anyone is interested, this is the method I would use to do this. It assumes that you have all of your Home Directories in one place (but can be modified with just a couple of extra lines to search within a directory tree) and that your directory names are the same as your Usernames:

 

$Homes = Get-ChildItem ""
Foreach ($HomeDir in $Homes) {
   $Name = $HomeDir.Name
   If (DSQuery User -SAMID $Name) {
       Write-Host "Account Exists for $Name"
   }
   Else {
       Remove-Item $HomeDir -Recurse
       Write-Host "Deleted directory: $Name"
   }
}