Empty temporary internet files on exit

Does anyone have any ideas on how to push this setting out, a registry key perhaps? Hey bandit88 , thanks for your feedback! Glad to hear you're using the Clear browsing data on exit feature. Unfortunately, you are correct in that we do not have an individual policy controlling "Cached images and files". May I ask what the intention of enabling this specific toggle by policy is ie. Hi, thanks for the response.

This is provisioned with a streamed vdisk in addition to a disk cache. In the past we have used Google Chrome, but with the amount of data it caches it would regularly fill the disk cache and take down the server. Also having this option would reduce the amount of overhead on roaming profiles. This is a issue we do not experience with Firefox or IE. Ultimately I would like the new Edge to become our default browser but will be unable to do so without this option.

I would assume this option would also be of interest in others using other VDI solutions. We will consider this feedback along with others to help us prioritize updating the Clear browsing data policy. Stay tuned! Were you looking for a policy to clear cached images and files only?

Thanks in advance for your feedback! Yep, that would be exactly what I am looking for. I would like to clear cached images and files on exit without clearing stuff like browsing history, passwords, etc. I would expect the policy to have the same options as the Edge GUI, where each option can be selected individually.

To reduce confusion with the existing Clear browsing data policy, we created a policy dedicated to Cached images and files. This is currently in Edge Sandeep Nagar This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Check particular policy is applied or not. Pure Capsaicin. DragonsRule This person is a verified professional. IE9 is different.

There it is! Too many settings So, I think your focus needs to shift. Find the issue with it failing via the GUI. Thanks LarryG, I'll try and start another post. Once you get it going could you post a link to it, here? This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box.

Note: If the Temporary Internet Files folder contains a large amount of webpage content, this process may take several minutes to complete.

This cache lets Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a webpage, instead of downloading all the content every time that the page is displayed. An administrator might have customized the settings for your Temporary Internet Files folder to prevent you from changing the settings. For example, the administrator can remove the General tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box.

If you cannot access the Internet Options dialog box or the General tab, contact your administrator for more information. Files that start with the word "Cookie" may remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder after you follow these steps. These files are pointers to the actual cookie files that are located in your Cookies folder. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. In some cases, files that are downloaded from websites may remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder but will not be visible in Windows Explorer after you follow these steps.

Has anyone got any insight into why this option is missing? I have searched for hours and I can't find any mention of it. Delete temporary internet files on exit via group policy.

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