BrowserCacheCleanup.psm1
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function Remove-WebBrowserCachedData { <# .SYNOPSIS This will remove internet browers user data .DESCRIPTION This script removes all of the user data stored by the browser/s, It first needs to stop all of the current browser processes before it can remove the user data. It will then attempt to remove all of the user data from the chosen browser/s. This script will choose all three browsers if none are chosen from the BrowserType parameter. .Parameter BrowserType This parameter has three options Chrome, Firefox and IExplore. These can be entered as an array seperated by commas as per the examples in this help. .EXAMPLE Remove-WebBrowserCachedData Deletes the user data from Chrome, Firefox and IE (the default targets all three browsers) .EXAMPLE Remove-WebBrowserCachedData -BrowserType IExplore,Chrome Deletes the user data from Chrome and IE only .EXAMPLE Remove-WebBrowserCachedData -BrowserType Chrome Deletes the user data from Chrome only .NOTES General notes Created by: Brent Denny Created on: 9 Aug 2019 Updated on: 12 Aug 2019 #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true,ConfirmImpact='Medium')] Param( [ValidateSet('Chrome','FireFox','IExplore')] [string[]]$BrowserType = @('Chrome','FireFox','IExplore') ) if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess(($BrowserType -join ' and '), "Terminating processes")) { Write-Warning 'Killing all current brower sessions, hopefully?' Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -in $BrowserType} | Stop-Process -Force $Counter = 0 do { Start-Sleep -Seconds 1 $Counter++ $BrowserProcs = Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -in $BrowserType} } until ($BrowserProcs.Count -eq 0 -or $Counter -eq 20) if ($BrowserProcs.Count -ne 0) { Write-Warning "The selected browsers did not terminate in a timely fashion, `nplease close the browsers manually and re-run the script" break } } switch ($BrowserType) { {$_ -contains 'Chrome'} { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess('Chrome', "Delete User Data")) { $ChromePath = $env:LOCALAPPDATA + "\Google\Chrome\User Data\*" if (Test-Path ($env:LOCALAPPDATA + "\Google\Chrome\User Data")) { try { Write-Warning 'Attempting to clear user data from Chrome' Remove-Item -Path $ChromePath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction stop } catch {Write-Warning 'Cannot delete the Chrome user data'} } else {Write-Warning 'No user data exists for the Chrome browser'} } } {$_ -contains 'Firefox'} { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess('Firefox', "Delete User Data")) { if (Test-Path $env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles) { $FirefoxProfileFolders = (Get-ChildItem $env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ -Directory).FullName Try { Write-Warning 'Attempting to clear user data from Chrome Firefox' foreach ($ProfDir in $FirefoxProfileFolders) { Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -Path $ProfDir\* -ErrorAction stop } } Catch {Write-Warning 'Cannot delete the Firefox user data'} } else {Write-Warning 'No user data exists for the Firefox browser'} } } {$_ -contains 'IExplore'} { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess('Internet Explorer', "Delete User Data")) { Write-Warning 'Attempting to clear user data from Internet Explorer' invoke-command -ScriptBlock {RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl, ClearMyTracksByProcess 255} } } Default {Write-Warning 'Failed to clear user data, can only clear user data from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer'} } } |