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Clear cached images and files when Microsoft Edge closes
Supported versions
- On Windows and macOS since 83 or later
Description
Microsoft Edge doesn't clear cached images and files by default when it closes.
If you enable this policy, cached images and files will be deleted each time Microsoft Edge closes.
If you disable this policy, users cannot configure the cached images and files option in edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose.
If you don't configure this policy, users can choose whether cached images and files are cleared on exit.
If you disable this policy, don't enable the ClearBrowsingDataOnExit policy, because they both deal with deleting data. If you configure both, the ClearBrowsingDataOnExit policy takes precedence and deletes all data when Microsoft Edge closes, regardless of how you configured ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: Yes
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
- Per Profile: Yes
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
- GP name: Clear cached images and files when Microsoft Edge closes
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Enabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
- Value name: ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000001
Mac information and settings
- Preference Key name: ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
- Example value:
<true/>