Destroy deleted branches in TFS

DestroyDeletedBranchesInTFS.ps1

Write-Host "*** Find deleted branches in TFS and destroy if not used in last 100 days ***" -ForegroundColor Yellow 

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell

$tfsServer = Get-TfsServer -name http://<tfsserver>:8080/tfs/<tpccollection>
$destroyList = get-tfschilditem -item <versioncontrolpath> -server $tfsServer -Deleted | Where {$_.DeletionId -ne 0 -and $_.CheckinDate -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-100)} 

$deletedBranchesFound = $destroyList.Count

Write-Verbose "Found $deletedBranchesFound deleted branches for starting the destroy command ..." -Verbose

foreach($item in $destroyList)
{
    Write-Verbose $item.ServerItem -Verbose
    tf destroy $item.ServerItem /noprompt /startcleanup
    Write-Verbose ">> deleted branch destroyed" -Verbose
}