When you delete jobs in Jenkins, the corresponding workspaces in the build slaves won't be deleted automatically. This Jenkins script will go to each slave and check if the jobs are already deleted in Jenkins master and delete the workspace.

cleanupUnusedWorkspaceInSlaves.groovy

import com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.Folder
import hudson.FilePath
import jenkins.model.Jenkins

def boolean isFolder(String name) {
    def item = Jenkins.instance.getItemByFullName(name)
    return item instanceof Folder
}

def deleteUnusedWorkspace(FilePath root, String path) {
    root.list().each { child ->
        String fullName = path + child.name
        if (isFolder(fullName)) {
            deleteUnusedWorkspace(root.child(child.name), "$fullName/")
        } else {
            if (Jenkins.instance.getItemByFullName(fullName) == null) {
                println "Deleting: $fullName "
                child.deleteRecursive()
            }
        }
    }
}

for (node in Jenkins.instance.nodes) {
    println "Processing $node.displayName"
    def workspaceRoot = node.rootPath.child("workspace");
    deleteUnusedWorkspace(workspaceRoot, "")
}

Hey from where do we run this script, and how to run. Im new to devops, plz help.

Thanks a lot for this! 👍

Hey from where do we run this script, and how to run. Im new to devops, plz help.
Run this script in "Script Console".

@devops04cloud and @tastewind,

Open Jenkins >> Manage Jenkins

then scroll down in the options list and look for "Script Console"

Hope this will help you!

Thank you

Why isFolder is being considered instead of deleting directly if the path doesn't exist in jenkins master

Hi @ceilfors ,
Thank you for help and sharing your script to solve everyone's problem.
I have a question though
Will this groovy script check for the (already) deleted jobs in my master and delete only the corresponding workspace both in master and its slaves?
or
Will this groovy script delete whatever jobs in my master and delete all the corresponding workspace both in master and its slaves?

Looking forward to your reply :-)

Hi @ceilfors
Thanks for sharing this.
If I am correct then it helps deleting the unused workspace from all the slave nodes, how about the master itself ?

Sorry I missed all previous comments. I haven't used Jenkins for a while. You can comment on the code that deletes the workspace and see what "println "Processing $node.displayName"" would print out before you proceed.

Hi @ceilfors
I did the same and I see it prints the slave node name. Anyways, I would read some Jenkins scripting docs to find out about the master.
Thank you again!