deleting old profiles from Server - any issues?

[Bev]

We use roaming profiles which are all saved in a share on the server. I've got profiles still on there for kids that left 2 or 3 years ago.

Is there any hard in just deleting the folders? Or do I need to delete them in any particular way?

 

I'd also like to split the existing profiles by Year group - they are all split by year group in AD, but all the profiles are in the same folder. I'm thinking it would make sense to split them into Yearly folders to make them easier to clean up in the future.

 

Is there any automated way or moving the profiles, or am I best leaving them alone and just setting up future year groups to go into their own folders?

[woreilly]

Personally, for children, i tend to remove them as soon as they leave. No point taking up space on your server. Splitting your profiles into folders organised by year group is a good idea, then you just have to select the folder and delete.

[antlear]

Sounds like a good idea to me, I guess you could then adjust profiles for each year group as they get older and if they need more access to various websites.