Fiddler Everywhere to clean up the Snapshots cache automatically on exit

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Last Updated: 03 Oct 2025 08:55 by ADMIN

Marin

Created on: 02 Oct 2025 19:50

Type: Feature Request

Fiddler Everywhere to clean up the Snapshots cache automatically on exit

After I am done working with a saved session in Fiddler Everywhere, I need to be sure no trace of it remains on my machine, as it can contain customer/user data.

At the moment, all sessions I open are copied to the following path:

C:\Users\<user>\.fiddler\<fiddler user id>\Snapshots

So, even if I close the tab in Fiddler, close Fiddler, and delete the original file I loaded (say, from my desktop), the data is still on my machine.

The request is that Fiddler cleans this folder up upon exit.

Perhaps this can be a setting in Options, or even some confirm dialog on exit (e.g., what if someone wants to keep some tabs open, although I'd like to avoid an extra confirm upon exit).

Best,
Marin

3 comments

ADMIN

Nick Iliev

Posted on: 03 Oct 2025 08:55

Hi Marin,

Thanks for clarifying the use-case — that makes perfect sense. We will update the ticket once the issue is triaged.

Regards,
Nick Iliev
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Marin

Posted on: 03 Oct 2025 08:34

Hi Nick,

I am simply looking for automation which will also ease compliance (as in - ensuring that no sensitive data is stored where it shouldn't be stored).

My scenario is:

download a .saz from a customer/user (usually on my desktop)
double click it, and browse around the data to do the analysis I need to do
close Fiddler Everywhere

Ideally, at this point, Fiddler Everywhere cleans up the snapshot saved on disk from the Snapshots folder, without me having to remember to expand the left-hand side pane (I keep it collapsed), and without me having to remember to click the delete icon there.

So, I am hoping for a general setting like "delete snapshots on exit" that is, perhaps, off by default, but I can enable it in my settings, so Fiddler does this for me.

Best,
Marin

ADMIN

Nick Iliev

Posted on: 03 Oct 2025 06:57

Hey Marin,

When a downloaded SAZ archive is opened with a double-click, the snapshot is automatically loaded into the "Snapshots" pane, which means it is copied behind the scenes to the user's saved snapshot folder (C:\Users\<user>\.fiddler\<fiddler user id>\Snapshots).

At that point, closing the tab (or the app) will remove the snapshot from memory. To permanently delete the snapshot from Fiddler and the physical folder where it is stored locally, use the "Delete" button located to the right of the snapshot's title.

Let me know if that option suits you or if there's another scenario I haven't considered.

Regards,
Nick Iliev
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