Forum Discussion
Edge clear cached images and files on exit
I see the new policy for ClearCachedImagesAndFilesOnExit. Any consideration for adding a GPO to also control deletion of caches images and files for the subset of IE/IE mode with in the new Edge?
We have commonly used IE with the cache for Temporary Internet Files to be set from "Automatically" to "Every time I visit the webpage" to help with a cache issue. We've migrated most of our sites into the new Edge but have 2 legacy apps still running in IE. We are noticing that IE mode seems to ignore the user defined setting we have defined for cache and I assume IE mode has some other form of logic more like the automatically. The GUI for edge has the solution for IE/IE Mode to clear items upon exit and would like a GPO to set it company wide to clear the images/files upon exit for IE mode as well.
Currently I would have to change the Integration Mode back to "Internet Explorer 11" to control the cache the legacy way.
CodyLambert Thanks for the feedback! This is a great use case to call out. I believe the majority of our policies are not applied to IE mode but I'll reach out to the team to discuss further.
We also need a way to set "Clear chosen data for Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer mode every time you exit Microsoft Edge" via GPO.
Additionally, we need it to work when enabled. I've been banging my head against this all evening and it does not clear the Internet Explorer / IE Mode cache when you close Edge. If you click "choose what to clear" and then manually delete the data, it does indeed get deleted. The automatic delete on closing Edge does not.
The IE specific policy setting to delete browser history on exit *does* work, if you actually open IE directly and then close it. It is apparently of no use with IE mode.
