Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache by Yahoo

What is Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache?

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Overview

How do I clean Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache?

Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing 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 Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache 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 Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Yahoo!/Messenger/PhotoSharing/*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Yahoo!/Messenger/PhotoSharing/*

Once you have identified the files stored by Yahoo Messenger Photo Sharing Cache that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.