How can I clear my browser cache in Microsoft Edge programatically using Javascript?

Asked Jun 06 '17 at 04:26

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I was using the below function to clear browser cache from the chrome extension :

function clearBrowsingData(callback, sinceTime) {

var dataSetToRemove = {
    "appcache": true,
    "cache": true
};

var removeOptions = {
    "since": 0
}
if (sinceTime) {
    removeOptions = {
        "since": sinceTime
    }
}


chrome.browsingData.remove(removeOptions, dataSetToRemove, function (data) {
    if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
        // Something went wrong
        console.warn("Whoops.. " + chrome.runtime.lastError.message);
        // TODO: Show error to the user
        return false;
    } else {
        callback(data);
    }
});
}

But I need to do the same for the edge extension and I am not able to do it because chrome.browsingData.remove has been bridged in Edge . Can someone help me with an alternative to do the same?

asked Jun 06 '17 at 04:26

Tarun

2

I would be a very sad panda if an extension cleared the browser cache whenever it wanted. – zerkms Jun 06 '17 at 04:29
Yes I can understand but I need to embed this functionality – Tarun Jun 06 '17 at 04:42
1

There's no alternative. – wOxxOm Jun 06 '17 at 10:45
@wOxxOm There must be something like some code in JavaScript to delete the history which can also delete the cache. – Tarun Jun 07 '17 at 03:14
1

This is not just JavaScript, it's the access to browser internal functionality. In Edge it's not implemented yet. – wOxxOm Jun 07 '17 at 05:01

How can I clear my browser cache in Microsoft Edge programatically using Javascript?

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