How to delete Chrome temp data (history, cookies, cache) using command line
On Windows 7, I tried running this script but still cannot clear Chrome temp data. Can someone figure out what's wrong with the script? Where do Chrome store history and cache ? Thanks
ECHO --------------------------------------
ECHO **** Clearing Chrome cache
taskkill /F /IM "chrome.exe">nul 2>&1
set ChromeDataDir=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
set ChromeCache=%ChromeDataDir%\Cache>nul 2>&1
del /q /s /f "%ChromeCache%\*.*">nul 2>&1
del /q /f "%ChromeDataDir%\*Cookies*.*">nul 2>&1
del /q /f "%ChromeDataDir%\*History*.*">nul 2>&1
set ChromeDataDir=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
set ChromeCache=%ChromeDataDir%\Cache>nul 2>&1
del /q /s /f "%ChromeCache%\*.*">nul 2>&1
del /q /f "%ChromeDataDir%\*Cookies*.*">nul 2>&1
del /q /f "%ChromeDataDir%\*History*.*">nul 2>&1
ECHO **** Clearing Chrome cache DONE2 Answers
Actually my script works. The reason Omnibox history is not cleared because I chose to sync data to Google Account. So after running the script, if you reopen Chrome, it will restore Omnibox history. Thanks to @Sathya for the comment
Please check if it is having any permission issues. Try running the batch file with additional privileges (run as admin).
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Try opening the command prompt and type the commands one by one and check the response to identify where exactly it fails.
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