how to delete cache programmatically?

Question

I want to delete the cache files in my application programmatically.

How do i go about doing this in code?

I want to launch a service (which i already have set up to do this).

FYI - IDK why my acceptance rate is low. Ive accepted most or all of my answers.

Try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18200811/android-clear-cache-programmatically — Yousha Aleayoub, Apr 17 '15 at 21:13

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '11 at 16:12

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I assume you're talking about the Context's cache directory?

This is one way:

File cacheDir = context.getCacheDir();

File[] files = cacheDir.listFiles();

if (files != null) {
    for (File file : files)
       file.delete();
}

answered Sep 29 '11 at 16:12

Brandon O'Rourke

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Which part didn't work? (I use the same code in a few of my apps) – Brandon O'Rourke Sep 30 '11 at 00:26
I have a cache directory called thumbnails inside of the Applications cache directory..I want it to delete everything in the cache – yoshi24 Sep 30 '11 at 00:37
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This only deletes the files in the root directly, you'll have to get a references to the directories too. – Brandon O'Rourke Sep 30 '11 at 01:07

how to delete cache programmatically?

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