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How do I clean Google Chrome Favicons?

Google Chrome Favicons 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.

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If you want to clean Google Chrome Favicons manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Google Chrome Favicons stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Google Chrome Favicons and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system location. 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 Google Chrome Favicons that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Favicons
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Favicons
2. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Favicons-journal
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Favicons-journal
3. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome SxS\User Data\Favicons
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome SxS\User Data\Favicons
4. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome SxS\User Data\Favicons-journal
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome SxS\User Data\Favicons-journal
5. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chromium\User Data\Favicons
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Favicons
6. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chromium\User Data\Favicons-journal
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Favicons-journal
7. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Flock\User Data\Favicons
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Flock\User Data\Favicons
8. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Flock\User Data\Favicons-journal
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Flock\User Data\Favicons-journal
9. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SRWare Iron\User Data\Favicons
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SRWare Iron\User Data\Favicons
10. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SRWare Iron\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SRWare Iron\User Data\Favicons-journal
11. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chrome Plus\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chrome Plus\User Data\Favicons
12. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chrome Plus\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Chrome Plus\User Data\Favicons-journal
13. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockmelt\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Rockmelt\User Data\Favicons
14. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockmelt\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Rockmelt\User Data\Favicons-journal
15. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Torch\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Torch\User Data\Favicons
16. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Torch\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Torch\User Data\Favicons-journal
17. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SuperBird\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SuperBird\User Data\Favicons
18. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SuperBird\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SuperBird\User Data\Favicons-journal
19. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Coowon\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Coowon\User Data\Favicons
20. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Coowon\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Coowon\User Data\Favicons-journal
21. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SlimJet\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SlimJet\User Data\Favicons
22. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SlimJet\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SlimJet\User Data\Favicons-journal
23. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Favicons
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Favicons
24. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Favicons-journal
    • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Yandex\YandexBrowser\User Data\Favicons-journal

Once you have identified the files stored by Google Chrome Favicons that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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