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Clear Outlook caches

This script clears Outlook's caches to protect your privacy by removing traces of your email activities within the application. The current version of Outlook (often called "New Outlook") uses web technologies that store cached content, web scripts, and browser storage data. A cache is a temporary storage area where the application saves copies of web content, images, and scripts to load them faster in future sessions. These caches contain traces of your email usage, including what content you'v...

Clear Outlook logs and telemetry

This script removes Outlook diagnostic logs and telemetry data to enhance privacy without affecting performance. The diagnostic logs and telemetry data reveal your Outlook application usage patterns. These logs may grow extremely large over time, sometimes reaching several gigabytes in size. These files are valuable in forensic analysis. They can be examined to study your behavior and potentially used as evidence about your activities. Microsoft uses this data for debugging and performance monit...

Clear Outlook user data

This script removes locally stored Outlook data from your computer, including web storage, cached settings, and downloaded attachments. Outlook stores user settings both in the cloud and locally on your computer. While many settings automatically sync to Microsoft's servers, some computer-specific or Office-wide settings remain local, such as those related to Windows, local files, or the Ribbon. This script improves privacy by removing locally cached settings that may contain personal communicat...