# Clear configuration cache SharePoint

- Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2015/05/02/clear-sharepoint-configuration-cache/
- Published: 2015-05-02T14:18:47+05:30
- Author: Deviprasad Panda

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 If you experience issues with timer jobs failing to complete and receiving errors
while trying to run psconfig, Clear configuration cache SharePoint on the farm is
a possible method for resolving the issue.

The config cache is where we cache configuration information (stored in the config
database) on each server in the farm.

Caching the data on each server prevents us from having to make SQL calls to pull
this information from the configuration database.Sometime this data can become corrupted
and needs to be cleared out and rebuilt.

If you only see a single server having issues,only clear the config cache on that
server,you do not need to clear the cache on the entire farm. To do a single server,
follow the steps below on just the problem server.

To clear the config cache on the farm, follow these steps:

1. **Stop** the **OWSTIMER** **service** on ALL of the servers in the farm.

[⌊stop-timer-service⌉⌊stop-timer-service⌉[

2. On the **Index server**, navigate to:
**\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\
GUID** and delete **all the XML files** from the directory.

3. Delete all the XML file in the directory. NOTE: ONLY THE XML FILES, NOT THE .
INI FILE.

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4. Open the **cache.ini** with Notepad and **reset the number to 1**. **Save** and
close the file.

![change-id](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/
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5. **Start** the **OWSTIMER service** on the Index server and wait for XML files
to begin to reappear in the directory.

6. After you see XML files appearing on the Index server, repeat steps 2, 3 & 4 
on each query server, waiting for XML files to appear before moving to subsequent
servers.

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7. After all of the query servers have all been cleared and new .xml files have 
been generated, proceed to the WFE and Application servers in the farm, following
steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 for each remaining server.

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