⚡ PowerShell 5.1+
Clean Up Microsoft Edge's browser cache
Reports the size of Microsoft Edge's browser cache and optionally clears it out. Dry-run by default.
Remove-OldEdgeCache.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Cleans up Microsoft Edge's browser cache.
.DESCRIPTION
Reports the size of Microsoft Edge's browser cache and, with -DeleteFiles, removes its
contents. Dry-run by default (reports only) so you can see what
would be freed before anything is deleted.
.PARAMETER DeleteFiles
Actually delete the contents. Without this switch, the script only reports.
.EXAMPLE
.\Remove-OldEdgeCache.ps1
.EXAMPLE
.\Remove-OldEdgeCache.ps1 -DeleteFiles
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
param(
[switch]$DeleteFiles
)
$targetPath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache"
if (-not (Test-Path $targetPath)) {
Write-Host "$targetPath does not exist on this machine." -ForegroundColor Yellow
return
}
$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $targetPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$totalSize = ($items | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Sum
Write-Host "$targetPath contains $($items.Count) item(s), $([math]::Round(($totalSize / 1MB), 2)) MB" -ForegroundColor Cyan
if ($DeleteFiles) {
foreach ($item in $items) {
if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($item.FullName, 'Delete')) {
Remove-Item -Path $item.FullName -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
Write-Host 'Cleanup complete.' -ForegroundColor Green
} else {
Write-Host 'Run again with -DeleteFiles to actually remove these items.' -ForegroundColor DarkGray
}