Programmatically clear HTML 5 application cache in log-on/log-off scenario

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Konstantin picture Konstantin · Jul 11, 2011 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

HTML 5 offline logic is encapsulated in window.applicationCache object. However it looks like it's not possible to programmatically clear cache data, for example, when user logs off from the system. Is there any other way to clear HTML 5 application cache, except for generating empty manifest file?

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programmer picture programmer · Dec 8, 2011

Have observed this on Chrome not sure if that's the standard way, if server responds with 404 on manifest file request, cache gets cleared from browser after raising obsolete event.

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