What is Adobe Media Cache?

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Overview

Adobe Media Cache is published by Adobe. You can find out more about Adobe Media Cache at its official website or at Adobe's website.


How do I clean Adobe Media Cache?

Adobe Media Cache may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Adobe Media Cache
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Adobe Media Cache manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are two locations in the file system where Adobe Media Cache stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Adobe Media Cache and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

  • Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
  • Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
  • Type cmd
  • Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Adobe Media Cache that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir /s %APPDATA%/Adobe/Common/Media Cache Files/*
  2. Type dir /s %APPDATA%/Adobe/Common/Media Cache/*

Once you have identified the files stored by Adobe Media Cache that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.