Introduction

This article will guide you on how to clear Microsoft Teams cache for MacOS. The cache for Microsoft Teams is different for 'Classic' and 'New' Teams.  

Restarting Teams after you clear the cache might take longer than usual because the Teams cache files have to be rebuilt.

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Clear cache in Microsoft Teams classic

1. Right-click the Teams icon in the dock, and then select Quit or press Command (⌘)-Q.

2. In the Finder, open the /Applications/Utilities folder, and then double-click Terminal.

3. Enter the following command

rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Teams

4. Press Return

5. Restart Teams

1. Right-click the Teams icon in the dock, and then select Quit or press Command (⌘)-Q.

2. In the Finder, open the /Applications/Utilities folder, and then double-click Terminal.

3. Enter the following command

rm -rf ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.teams

4. Press Return

5. Enter another command

rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.teams2

6. Press Return

7. Restart Teams

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1. For steps on how to clear Microsoft Teams Cache in Windows please refer to this article: https://support.yakchat.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-clear-microsoft-teams-cache-3-5-2024