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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.

By WindowsScripting.com · 1.4 KB
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
}