Automatically Clean Temporary Files from Applications Using Python

import os
import shutil
import tempfile
import platform

def clean_application_temp_files():
    """Delete common temporary file locations safely."""
    system = platform.system()
    temp_dirs = []

    if system == "Windows":
        temp_dirs.extend([
            os.path.join(os.getenv("LOCALAPPDATA"), "Temp"),
            os.path.join(os.getenv("WINDIR"), "Temp"),
            os.path.join(os.getenv("USERPROFILE"), "AppData", "Local", "Temp"),
        ])
    elif system in ("Linux", "Darwin"):  # Darwin = macOS
        temp_dirs.extend([
            tempfile.gettempdir(),
            "/tmp",
            os.path.expanduser("~/.cache"),
        ])

    removed_count = 0
    removed_bytes = 0

    for temp_dir in temp_dirs:
        if not os.path.isdir(temp_dir):
            continue
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(temp_dir, topdown=False):
            for name in files:
                file_path = os.path.join(root, name)
                try:
                    file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
                    os.remove(file_path)
                    removed_count += 1
                    removed_bytes += file_size
                except (PermissionError, OSError):
                    pass
            for name in dirs:
                dir_path = os.path.join(root, name)
                try:
                    shutil.rmtree(dir_path)
                except (PermissionError, OSError):
                    pass

    print(f"Cleaned {removed_count} files ({removed_bytes / 1024:.2f} KB).")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    clean_application_temp_files()