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Deletes the temporary files that MSBuild creates when a Visual C++ project is built. The process of deleting build files is known as cleaning.
The following table describes the parameters of the CPPClean task.
| Parameter | Description |
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| DeletedFiles | Optional ITaskItem[] output parameter.Defines an array of MSBuild output file items that can be consumed and emitted by tasks. |
| DoDelete | Optional Boolean parameter. If true, clean temporary build files. |
| FilePatternsToDeleteOnClean | Required String parameter.Specifies a semicolon-delimited list of file extensions of files to clean. |
| FilesExcludedFromClean | Optional String parameter.Specifies a semicolon-delimited list of files not to clean. |
| FoldersToClean | Required String parameter.Specifies a semicolon-delimited list of directories to clean. You can specify a full or a relative path, and the path can contain the wildcard symbol (*). |