Chrome Cache View is one of those applications that is not really needed to perform a given task but it makes that task way more comfortable. Like ever web browser Google Chrome uses a cache on the hard disk to save data, to open that data faster on the next time the website is loaded in the browser. It is possible to access the cache manually on the hard drive but that would require knowledge of the location of the cache, and is not the most pleasant user experience either as it is usually not possible to link cached files to websites or contents.
Chrome Cache Viewer is a portable software program for Windows that will list the contents of the Google Chrome browser’s cache in the application interface. The program uses the standard Nirsoft layout that displays the data in sortable columns. It is for instance possible to sort the data by name, size, content type, url or server time.
The cache viewer has options to copy the selected cache files to another directory. This makes it easy to copy files like images or videos from the cache to another location on the hard drive to access them at a later time.
It is furthermore possible to create html or text reports for further analysis and open links in the default web browser. Chrome Cache View is available for most Windows operating systems at the Nirsoft website.
Update: The program detects the cache location automatically if Chrome is installed in the default location. It won’t detect cache directories of browsers that use Chrome as their core though if those browsers change the default directories.
Several keyboard shortcuts are available, like Ctrl-U to copy the url list to the Windows Clipboard, or Ctrl-C to copy the table of files to later paste them into a spreadsheet or other application.
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I thought this is the temp folder of goooogle…