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owencm
owencm

Reputation: 8874

Can users clear the service worker cache?

I've built a Progressive Web App that uses caching, but it's unclear to me whether users can (accidentally or on purpose) clear the service worker cache, which may clear my tracking data.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 9627

Answers (3)

rwm
rwm

Reputation: 261

"Clear site data" in Chrome 76 will delete the caches and the worker, however the deleted worker remains "activated and running". So that's a case that needs dealing with.

Upvotes: 0

Vivek Pratap Singh
Vivek Pratap Singh

Reputation: 9974

Furthermore, Ctrl-F5 forces a cache refresh, and is intended to abandon all cached content including service worker cache and just retrieve all content from the servers again.

Upvotes: 1

owencm
owencm

Reputation: 8874

When a user clears their browsing data / cookies, this clears all site storage which includes the SW cache, cookies, local storage, indexeddb, and any other local caching system.

Upvotes: 8

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