CCleaner not deleting Chrome JS files nor Edge JS files

Haapy · December 12, 2021, 5:15am

Chrome and Edge build up a huge amount of JS files. I had to add the following to the Options, Include to remove them.

Either this is a CCleaner bug or they should be included as on option.

C:\Users\"USER"\

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system · December 13, 2021, 2:50pm

Hey @Haapy please send this info in a email at support@ccleaner.com as said in the other thread so our team could have a look over your situation.

Haapy · December 13, 2021, 5:28pm

Done. Andy

system · December 14, 2021, 10:16am

Thank you !

Haapy · December 14, 2021, 4:51pm

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				<span style="color:#2b2e2f;font-size:10.5pt;">Hi Andy,




				Thank you for your email.




				I understand your concern regarding in this issue and let me assist you. I tried to look for similar cases like yours, however, it doesn't show any related similar case. We had checked as well whether this can be created in our end unfortunately, issue did not appear.




				Our team would like to thank you in reporting this issue.




				As of now, may I ask if you have any other concern or questions?




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system · December 15, 2021, 12:39pm

Hi Haapy, it's possible this is something we can clean. Our first step will be to investigate if it's definitely safe to remove these files.

alessiomagliozzi · December 15, 2021, 1:05pm

Hi Stephen, i have the same issue with deleting cooking Chrome with the last update of the browser.

Haapy · December 15, 2021, 3:29pm

It is safe. I have been doing this for months now. The only new add is the network cookies, been doing that for a few weeks. No problems.

Haapy · December 21, 2021, 6:12pm

Laurence (Piriform Support)

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				<span style="color:#2b2e2f;font-size:10.5pt;">Hi Andy,




				I have been asked to look into your support request, sorry you are having problems with CCleaner cleaning your Chrome data.




				Thank you for highlighting this to us we have found the issue and it will be fixed in the next update to CCleaner.




				If you’re having any trouble with this, or if you need anything else, please feel free to email me back.</span>
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Haapy · January 16, 2022, 9:09pm

This is all about JS files, NOT cookies, the cookies were just in the screen shot. I believe if you look into where I have indicated the JS files are in my screen shot you will find hundreds of JS files. I delete them regularly and find no performance hit or any other problems.

Check this https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-hidden-cache-files-are-bloating-your-google-chrome/ the same is true for Edge Chromium

If you Google chrome delete cache js files, you will find more articles.

I suggest that you give this an option in CCleaner under Chrome and Edge to allow the user to remove this JS bloat.

Thank you.

Andy

Dave_CCleaner · January 17, 2022, 6:34pm

21 hours ago, Haapy said:

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The dev team added a ticket to review this scenario for cleaning back in December after you first raised it. Naturally, new chunks of stuff to clean from browsers is always of interest.

On 15/12/2021 at 15:29, Haapy said:

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Probably for most scenarios, but the QA team will be wanting to check for unintended consequences across a range of configurations for users running web-based apps before releasing. Given the size of CCleaner's user base, even corner cases adversely impacting < 2% of the user base are things that we endeavour to avoid.

Haapy · January 17, 2022, 6:42pm

Thank you Dave. I totally understand the need for complete testing.

I have it in my Options Include along with the \Network\Cookies and all is good on this end.

That Options\Include is a wonderful option.

Andy

Andavari · January 17, 2022, 6:43pm

Some of those have been cleaned by the community winapp2.ini file for awhile, such as:

[Code Cache *], [Edge Code Cache *], etc.

hazelnut · January 17, 2022, 6:48pm

In Edge if you open Settings ...Privacy Search and Services.. and where is says' Clear Browser Data' click underneath it on 'Choose what to clear'

In the pop up window that opens and make sure 'Cached images and files' is turned on.

This will clear code cache on Edge each time you close it.

Haapy · January 17, 2022, 7:07pm

@AndavariI do not know what the Winapp2.ini additions are. I am trying to use the vanilla CCleaner. I use the Options, Include for any junk files that CCleaner does not take care of. Just to be clear, for Chrome and Edge, CCleaner IS cleaning \Cache\Cache_Data, but it is NOT cleaning \Code Cache\Js NOR \Cache\Wasm.

@hazelnut I am looking for CCleaner to my cleaning in one operation. In Chrome and Edge I have cookies that I want to keep, therefore I do NOT want to delete all cookies on Edge or Chrome close.

I am using Chrome Version 97.0.4692.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Haapy · March 16, 2022, 3:18am

@Andavari, Dave CCleaner, Andrei CCleaner, Stephen CCleaner

Is anybody at CCleaner doing anything about the JS files with Edge and Chrome?

Please ignore the reference below to \Network\Cookies.

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Thanks.

Andy

Haapy · October 3, 2022, 7:24pm

Does anybody have an update on this issue?

redwolfe_98 · October 4, 2022, 4:14am

8 hours ago, Haapy said:

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as far as i know, the problem was resolved many months ago.

i forgot, now, which build it was where the problem had been resolved.

Haapy · October 4, 2022, 2:37pm

As far as I can see this problem has never been resolved.

I get hundreds of JS files daily and am on the latest release.

I would appreciate it if this would be re-opened.

I will provide more data if needed. Thanks.

Andavari · October 4, 2022, 2:50pm

Like I had mentioned before it's already been in winapp2.ini community file and it's still in there as I just looked at it. This is exactly what and where it will clean (which in your case would delete those 'Code Cache' files):

[Edge Code Cache *]


LangSecRef=3006


DetectFile=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge*

FileKey1=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge*\User Data*\Code Cache|.|RECURSE

FileKey2=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge*\User Data\*\Storage\ext\*\def\Code Cache|*.*|RECURSE

Edit:

If you go the route of using winapp2.ini you'll find that there's allot more than just Code Cache to clean in Edge Chromium, I'm regularly watching CCleaner clear a ton of stuff from it and I don't even use that browser.

The winapp2.ini community file topic:

https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/32310-winapp2ini-additions/

CCleaner not deleting Chrome JS files nor Edge JS files

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