Resolve Common Teams Issues by Clearing the Cache
This article applies to: Microsoft Teams
Several different problems can often be fixed in Teams by clearing Teams' cache.
They are:
- The Teams app not launching properly and instead showing a message that says, "We're sorry--we've run into an issue."
- Inability to log in to Teams.
- Missing or different information compared to what the web version of Teams displays.
- Inability to find users or teams.
- General slowness.
- Profile pictures missing or showing outdated images.
- Status not updating.
- Background images not showing.
To clear Teams' cache, follow the instructions below.
Clear the Teams Cache on Windows
- Right-click the Teams icon located in your system tray (located in the bottom bar) and select .
- Hold the key while pressing the key.
- Run will launch. In it, enter or paste
%localappdata%\packages\msteams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams
- Click .
- Delete all files and folders in this directory.
- Start the Microsoft Teams app.
Clear the Teams Cache on a Mac
- Quit Microsoft Teams, and also quit Microsoft Outlook if it is running.
- Switch to . You can do this by clicking the Mac desktop.
- From the top menu, select , then from the drop-down menu, select .
- Copy and Paste the following line of text into the box that appears and hit
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.com.microsoft.teams
. - Move the contents of the folder to the . (One way to do this is to select all with control–A, right- or control-click one of the items, and then select .)
- Repeat steps 3-5, substituting the following text in step 4.
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.teams2
- Relaunch Microsoft Teams.
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