VS2017 delete NuGet files in post build event - nuget

Question

What is the order of execution of project post build events related to a NuGet package copying its files? I have a NuGet package that copies unnecessary files to my output directory (there are both DLLs and EXEs, in my case I don't need the latter). The usual idea of
del /f /q "$(TargetDir)directory\*.exe"
doesn't work, very probably it's called before VS (MSBuild) actually copies those files.

Answer 1

very probably it's called before VS (MSBuild) actually copies those files.
According to the info in the comment:
the <Target Name="CopyNativeBinaries" AfterTargets="Build">, this is
from the package targets file.
This import MSBuild target would executed copy task after build completed, which cause delete command line in the post-build to fail. That is the reason why CopyNativeBinaries target comes four steps after PostBuildEvent.
To resolve this issue, we could convert the post-build event command line to the target with the order after target CopyNativeBinaries:
Detail Steps:
Remove the post-build event.
Unload your project. Then at the very end of the project, just before the end-tag, place below scripts:
<Target Name="DeleteFile" AfterTargets="CopyNativeBinaries">
<ItemGroup>
<FileToDelete Include="$(TargetDir)directory\*.exe"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Exec Command="del /F /Q "#(FileToDelete)""/>
</Target>
After this setting, the DeleteFile will executed after the target CopyNativeBinaries.

Answer 2

This works for me (MSBUILD v15)
<Target Name="BeforeClean">
<Exec Command="del /F /Q $(TargetDir)*.exe"/>
<Exec Command="del /F /Q $(TargetDir)*.example"/>
</Target>