📊 VBA (Excel)
Clean Up The Windows Internet cache (INetCache) (VBA)
Deletes every file in the Windows Internet cache (INetCache) after a confirmation prompt, using Scripting.FileSystemObject from Excel VBA. Locked files are skipped, not fatal.
BrowserCacheCleanup.bas
Attribute VB_Name = "BrowserCacheCleanup"
Option Explicit
Public Sub BrowserCacheCleanup()
Dim fso As Object
Dim folder As Object
Dim f As Object
Dim folderPath As String
Dim deletedCount As Long
Dim response As VbMsgBoxResult
folderPath = Environ("LOCALAPPDATA") & "\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not fso.FolderExists(folderPath) Then
MsgBox "Folder not found:" & vbCrLf & folderPath, vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
response = MsgBox("Delete all files in:" & vbCrLf & folderPath & "?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "The Windows Internet cache (INetCache)")
If response <> vbYes Then Exit Sub
Set folder = fso.GetFolder(folderPath)
deletedCount = 0
For Each f In folder.Files
On Error Resume Next
f.Delete True
If Err.Number = 0 Then deletedCount = deletedCount + 1
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
Next f
MsgBox deletedCount & " file(s) deleted from " & folderPath, vbInformation
End Sub