diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/BinaryStorage.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/BinaryStorage.cs
index 2382710abf..83a41cf040 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/BinaryStorage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/BinaryStorage.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
     /// </summary>
     public class BinaryStorage<T>
     {
+        // This storage helper returns whether or not to delete the binary storage items
+        private static readonly int BINARY_STORAGE = 0;
+        private StoragePowerToysVersionInfo _storageHelper;
+
         public BinaryStorage(string filename)
         {
             const string directoryName = "Cache";
@@ -28,6 +32,17 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
 
         public T TryLoad(T defaultData)
         {
+            _storageHelper = new StoragePowerToysVersionInfo(FilePath, BINARY_STORAGE);
+            // Depending on the version number of the previously installed PT Run, delete the cache if it is found to be incompatible
+            if (_storageHelper.clearCache)
+            {
+                if(File.Exists(FilePath))
+                {
+                    File.Delete(FilePath);
+                    Log.Info($"|BinaryStorage.TryLoad|Deleting cached data| <{FilePath}>");
+                }
+            }
+
             if (File.Exists(FilePath))
             {
                 if (new FileInfo(FilePath).Length == 0)
@@ -110,6 +125,8 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
                     Log.Exception($"|BinaryStorage.Save|serialize error for file <{FilePath}>", e);
                 }
             }
+            _storageHelper.Close();
+            Log.Info($"|BinaryStorage.Save|Saving cached data| <{FilePath}>");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/JsonStorage.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/JsonStorage.cs
index 305df48883..af973171fe 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/JsonStorage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/JsonStorage.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
         public string FilePath { get; set; }
         public string DirectoryPath { get; set; }
 
+        // This storage helper returns whether or not to delete the json storage items
+        private static readonly int JSON_STORAGE = 1;
+        private StoragePowerToysVersionInfo _storageHelper;
 
         internal JsonStorage()
         {
@@ -33,6 +36,17 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
 
         public T Load()
         {
+            _storageHelper = new StoragePowerToysVersionInfo(FilePath, JSON_STORAGE);
+            // Depending on the version number of the previously installed PT Run, delete the cache if it is found to be incompatible
+            if (_storageHelper.clearCache)
+            {
+                if(File.Exists(FilePath))
+                {
+                    File.Delete(FilePath);
+                    Log.Info($"|JsonStorage.TryLoad|Deleting cached data|<{FilePath}>");
+                }
+            }
+
             if (File.Exists(FilePath))
             {
                 var serialized = File.ReadAllText(FilePath);
@@ -96,6 +110,8 @@ namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
         {
             string serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(_data, Formatting.Indented);
             File.WriteAllText(FilePath, serialized);
+            _storageHelper.Close();
+            Log.Info($"|JsonStorage.Save|Saving cached data| <{FilePath}>");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/StoragePowerToysVersionInfo.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/StoragePowerToysVersionInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..552c1d343d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Wox.Infrastructure/Storage/StoragePowerToysVersionInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Markup;
+
+namespace Wox.Infrastructure.Storage
+{
+    public class StoragePowerToysVersionInfo
+    {
+        // This detail is accessed by the storage items and is used to decide if the cache must be deleted or not
+        public bool clearCache = false;
+
+        
+        private String currentPowerToysVersion = String.Empty;
+        private String FilePath { get; set; } = String.Empty;
+
+        // As of now this information is not pertinent but may be in the future
+        // There may be cases when we want to delete only the .cache files and not the .json storage files
+        private enum StorageType
+        {
+            BINARY_STORAGE = 0,
+            JSON_STORAGE = 1
+        }
+
+        // To compare the version numbers
+        public static bool Lessthan(string version1, string version2)
+        {
+            string version = "v";
+            string period = ".";
+            const int versionLength = 3;
+
+            // If there is some error in populating/retrieving the version numbers, then the cache must be deleted
+            // This case will not be hit, but is present as a fail safe
+            if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(version1) || String.IsNullOrEmpty(version2))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            string[] split1 = version1.Split( new string[] { version, period }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 
+            string[] split2 = version2.Split( new string[] { version, period }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 
+
+            for(int i=0; i<versionLength; i++)
+            {
+                if(int.Parse(split1[i]) < int.Parse(split2[i]))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public string GetPreviousVersion()
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(FilePath))
+            {
+                return File.ReadAllText(FilePath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // which means it's an old version of PowerToys
+                string oldVersion = "v0.0.0";
+                return oldVersion;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string GetFilePath(String AssociatedFilePath, int type)
+        {
+            string suffix = string.Empty;
+            string cacheSuffix = ".cache";
+            string jsonSuffix = ".json";
+
+            if(type == (uint)StorageType.BINARY_STORAGE)
+            {
+                suffix = cacheSuffix;
+            }
+            else if(type == (uint)StorageType.JSON_STORAGE)
+            {
+                suffix = jsonSuffix;
+            }
+
+            string filePath = AssociatedFilePath.Substring(0, AssociatedFilePath.Length - suffix.Length) + "_version.txt";
+            return filePath;
+        }
+
+        public StoragePowerToysVersionInfo(String AssociatedFilePath, int type)
+        {
+            FilePath = GetFilePath(AssociatedFilePath, type);
+            // Get the previous version of PowerToys and cache Storage details from the CacheDetails.json storage file
+            String previousVersion = GetPreviousVersion();
+            currentPowerToysVersion = Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib.Utilities.Helper.GetProductVersion();
+
+            // If the previous version is below a set threshold, then we want to delete the file
+            // However, we do not want to delete the cache if the same version of powerToys is being launched
+            if (Lessthan(previousVersion, currentPowerToysVersion))
+            {
+                clearCache = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Close()
+        {
+            // Update the Version file to the current version of powertoys
+            File.WriteAllText(FilePath, currentPowerToysVersion);
+        }
+    }
+}