Clear cache Microsoft Teams on Linux

clear_cache_MS_Teams.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script cleans all cache for Microsoft Teams on Linux
# Tested on Ubuntu-like, Debian by @necrifede, Arch Linux by @lucas-dclrcq and Manjaro with flatpak by @danie1k. Feel free to test/use in other distributions.
# Tested Teams via snap package.
# Tested Teams via flatpak package.
#
# How to use in terminal:
# ./clear_cache_MS_Teams.sh ( deb-stable | deb-insider | snap | flatpak )
# or
# bash clear_cache_MS_Teams.sh ( deb-stable | deb-insider | snap | flatpak )

# Variable process name is defined on case statement.

case $1 in
  deb-stable)
    export TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME=teams
    cd "$HOME"/.config/Microsoft/Microsoft\ Teams || exit 1
  ;;
  deb-insider)
    export TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME=teams-insiders
    cd "$HOME"/.config/Microsoft/Microsoft\ Teams\ -\ Insiders || exit 1
  ;;
  snap)
    export TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME=teams
    cd "$HOME"/snap/teams/current/.config/Microsoft/Microsoft\ Teams || exit 1
  ;;
  flatpak)
    export TEAMS_PROCESS=teams
    cd "$HOME"/.var/app/com.microsoft.Teams/config/Microsoft/Microsoft\ Teams || exit 1
  ;;
  *)
    echo "Use $0 ( deb-stable | deb-insider | snap | flatpak ) as parameter."
    exit 1
  ;;
esac

# Test if Microsoft Teams is running
if [ "$(pgrep ${TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME} | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]
then
  rm -rf Application\ Cache/Cache/*
  rm -rf blob_storage/*
  rm -rf Cache/* # Main cache
  rm -rf Code\ Cache/js/*
  rm -rf databases/*
  rm -rf GPUCache/*
  rm -rf IndexedDB/*
  rm -rf Local\ Storage/*
  #rm -rf backgrounds/* # Background function presents on Teams for Windows only.
  find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*log*" -exec rm {} \;
  sleep 5
  killall ${TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME}
  # After this, MS Teams will open again.
else
  echo "Microsoft Teams is not running."
  exit
fi

@fremling I have fix a block code that causes errors.

Please, update script and run again.

@mrcomoraes
Any reasons why the process needs to be running?
I am thinking that maybe someone wants to clear the cache without Teams running.

@gabrielmocanu
In last test, when Teams aren't running and start clean cache, some data of authentication is cleared too.

Currently I'm not tested. Feel free to validate.

My snap installation has following location - $HOME/snap/teams-for-linux/current/.config/teams-for-linux/

My Ubuntu 23 snap installation Cache has following location $HOME/snap/teams-for-linux/current/.config/teams-for-linux/Partitions/teams-4-linux/ and the process to be killed is named teams-for-linux

@MarekGajdosik and @maksimdzmitryew this "Teams for Linux" snap is a unofficial project that using Electron for deliver MS Teams. I beleive Microsoft removed Teams snap packages. I guess do a upgrade in snap option to support unofficial version.

Here is my first time on GitHub.
However, here is my contribution to this topic.
I have Ubuntu as my SO, and my teams-for-Linux is a fork on the Snap.

I changed lines 24, 25, and 26 to:

snap)
export TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME=teams-for-linux
cd /snap/teams-for-linux || exit 1

Why?
run ps to find your teams-for-linux process and you will see that:

$ ps -ef |grep teams-for-linux
me 324126 323853 0 12:32 ? 00:00:00 /snap/teams-for-linux/523/teams-for-linux --type=utility --utility-sub

So my teams-for-linux is on directory /snap/teams-for-linux
and the TEAMS_PROCESS_NAME is teams-for-linux and not just teams

Cheers!