Citrix ICA Client by Citrix

What is Citrix ICA Client?

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How do I clean Citrix ICA Client?

Citrix ICA Client 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 Citrix ICA Client
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If you want to clean Citrix ICA Client manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are five locations in the file system where Citrix ICA Client stores data that can be cleaned. Additionally, Citrix ICA Client stores private data in one registry key.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Citrix ICA Client, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• 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 regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry key:

1. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Citrix.
   • Expand ICA Client.
   • Right-click Default.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Citrix ICA Client 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 Citrix ICA Client that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %APPDATA%\Citrix\ICA Client\Cache\*
2. Type dir %APPDATA%\Citrix\ICA Client\Cache\zlcache\*
3. Type dir %APPDATA%\ICAClient\Cache\*
4. Type dir %APPDATA%\ICAClient\Cache\zlcache\*
5. Type dir %APPDATA%\ICAClient\wfcwin32.*

Once you have identified the files stored by Citrix ICA Client that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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