Clear cached images and files when Microsoft Edge closes
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Category
Microsoft Edge
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 83, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

Microsoft Edge doesn't clear cached images and files by default when it closes. If you enable this policy, cached images and files are deleted each time Microsoft Edge closes. If you disable this policy, users can't 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' (Clear browsing data when Microsoft Edge closes) 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' (Clear cached images and files when Microsoft Edge closes).

Internal name
ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
Policy ID
41e70bd7b01b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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