Office 365: Microsoft Teams - Clear Client Cache

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Follow these steps to clear the Teams client cache on Windows:

  1. Quit Teams
  2. Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows logo key + R
  3. In the Run dialog box, copy/paste:
    • new Teams app: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe  
    • classic Teams app: %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams
  4. Press Enter and delete all files and folders in the directory
  5. Restart Teams

Follow these steps to clear the Teams client cache on MacOS

  1. Quit Teams by right clicking the Teams icon in the dock and selecting Quit
  2. In Finder, open the /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click Terminal
  3. If you are using the new Teams app
    • Copy and paste rm -rf ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.teams into the Terminal window and press Enter
    • Copy and paste rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.teams2 into the Terminal window and press Enter
  4. If you are using the classic Teams app
    • Copy and paste rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Teams into the Terminal window and press Enter
  5. Restart Teams

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