Delete documents in a library based on date

I have a document library with over 80,000 items.  We are in the process of doing a site clean up and it was decided to delete only documents that's older than 2010 and beyond.  Since the threshold is set at 5000 items, we're are unable to go
through SharePoint Designer and the library is too large to open it using a view.  What's the best way to do about doing this programmatically?  I've came across many blogs and sites but not sure if these would apply to my situation.

But if you dont want  Pro-grammatically then their is another option is configure the Document Retention policy.
Two times jobs associated with this policy, by default it runs weekly. So if you want one time clean up then simply run those jobs manually and once it purge the all documents then disable it again.
here are few article help u understand.
http://sharepointquester.com/2012/03/06/configuring-a-document-retention-policy-in-sharepoint-2010/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ecm/archive/2011/10/12/policy-and-retention-in-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFII7FUxlOQ
Please remember to mark your question as answered &Vote helpful,if this solves/helps your problem. ****************************************************************************************** Thanks -WS MCITP(SharePoint 2010, 2013) Blog: http://wscheema.com/blog

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    You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
    Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
    Regards
    TD

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