Powershell Script Clear some Windows Caches / Chrome / Firefox

FullCacheClear.ps1

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#- Clear-WindowsUserCacheFiles                                     #
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function Clear-WindowsUserCacheFiles {
  param([string]$user = $env:USERNAME)
  Remove-CacheFiles "C:\Users\$user\AppData\Local\Temp"
  Remove-CacheFiles "C:\Users\$user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER"
  Remove-CacheFiles "C:\Users\$user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files"
}

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#- Clear-GlobalWindowsCache                                        #
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function Clear-GlobalWindowsCache {
  Remove-CacheFiles 'C:\Windows\Temp'
  Remove-CacheFiles "C:\`$Recycle.Bin"
  Remove-CacheFiles "C:\Windows\Prefetch"
  C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255
  C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351
}

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#- Clear-ChromeCache                                               #
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function Clear-ChromeCache {
  param([string]$user = $env:USERNAME)
  if ((Test-Path "C:\users\$user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default"))
  {
    $chromeAppData = "C:\Users\$user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default"
    # $possibleCachePaths = @('Cache','Cache2\entries\','Cookies','History','Top Sites','VisitedLinks','Web Data','Media Cache','Cookies-Journal','ChromeDWriteFontCache')
    $possibleCachePaths = @('Cache','Cache2\entries\','Cookies','History','Top Sites','VisitedLinks','Media Cache','Cookies-Journal','ChromeDWriteFontCache')
    foreach ($cachePath in $possibleCachePaths)
    {
      Remove-CacheFiles "$chromeAppData\$cachePath"
    }
  }
}

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#- Clear-UserCacheFiles                                            #
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function Clear-UserCacheFiles {
  Close-BrowserSessions
  foreach ($localUser in (Get-ChildItem 'C:\users').Name)
  {
    Clear-ChromeCache $localUser
    Clear-FirefoxCacheFiles $localUser
    Clear-WindowsUserCacheFiles $localUser
  }
}

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#- Clear-FirefoxCacheFiles                                         #
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function Clear-FirefoxCacheFiles {
  param([string]$user = $env:USERNAME)
  if ((Test-Path "C:\users\$user\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles"))
  {
    $possibleCachePaths = @('cache','cache2\entries','thumbnails','cookies.sqlite','webappsstore.sqlite','chromeappstore.sqlite')
    $firefoxAppDataPath = (Get-ChildItem "C:\users\$user\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'Default' }[0]).FullName
    foreach ($cachePath in $possibleCachePaths)
    {
      Remove-CacheFiles "$firefoxAppDataPath\$cachePath"
    }
  }
}

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#- Clear-WaterfoxCacheFiles                                        #
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function Clear-WaterfoxCacheFiles {
  param([string]$user = $env:USERNAME)
  if ((Test-Path "C:\users\$user\AppData\Local\Waterfox\Profiles"))
  {
    $possibleCachePaths = @('cache','cache2\entries','thumbnails','cookies.sqlite','webappsstore.sqlite','chromeappstore.sqlite')
    $waterfoxAppDataPath = (Get-ChildItem "C:\users\$user\AppData\Local\Waterfox\Profiles" | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'Default' }[0]).FullName
    foreach ($cachePath in $possibleCachePaths)
    {
      Remove-CacheFiles "$waterfoxAppDataPath\$cachePath"
    }
  }
}

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#- Close-BrowserSessions                                            #
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function Close-BrowserSessions {
  $activeBrowsers = Get-Process Firefox*,Chrome*,Waterfox*
  foreach ($browserProcess in $activeBrowsers)
  {
    try
    {
      $browserProcess.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null
    } catch {}
  }
}

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#- Remove-CacheFiles                                               #
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function Remove-CacheFiles {
  param([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$path)
  begin
  {
    $originalVerbosePreference = $VerbosePreference
    $VerbosePreference = 'Continue'
  }
  process
  {
    if ((Test-Path $path))
    {
      if ([System.IO.Directory]::Exists($path))
      {
        try
        {
          if ($path[-1] -eq '\')
          {
            [int]$pathSubString = $path.ToCharArray().Count - 1
            $sanitizedPath = $path.SubString(0,$pathSubString)
            Remove-Item -Path "$sanitizedPath\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
          }
          else
          {
            Remove-Item -Path "$path\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
          }
        } catch {}
      }
      else
      {
        try
        {
          Remove-Item -Path $path -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
        } catch {}
      }
    }
  }
  end
  {
    $VerbosePreference = $originalVerbosePreference
  }
}

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#- MAIN                                                            #
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Clear-UserCacheFiles
Clear-GlobalWindowsCache