diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b5da7f1a3..115c448f8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: style-files
         args: [--style_pkg=styler, --style_fun=tidyverse_style]
-        exclude: 'tests/testthat/.*/.*\.R'
+        exclude:  >
+          (?x)^(
+          tests/testthat/.*/.*\.R(md)?|
+          vignettes/customizing_styler\.Rmd|
+          tests/testthat/public-api/xyzfile-rnw/random4\.Rnw|
+          )$
     -   id: roxygenize
     -   id: use-tidy-description
     -   id: spell-check
         exclude: >
           (?x)^(
-          data/.*|
           \.github/.*\.yaml|
+          data/.*|
+          tests/testthat/.*|
           touchstone/config\.json|
           (.*/|)\.Rprofile|
           (.*/|)\.Renviron|
@@ -38,13 +44,31 @@ repos:
           )$
     -   id: readme-rmd-rendered
     -   id: parsable-R
+        exclude: >
+          (?x)^(
+          tests/testthat/public-api/xyzaddin/addin_region-.*|
+          tests/testmanual/addins/r-invalid\.R|
+          tests/testthat/escaping/basic-escape-out\.R|
+          tests/testthat/indention_operators/base_pipe_and_assignment-.*|
+          tests/testthat/exception_handling/parser-error.R|
+          )$
     -   id: no-browser-statement
+        exclude: >
+          (?x)^(
+          tests/testthat/public-api/xyzaddin/addin_region-.*|
+          tests/testmanual/addins/r-invalid\.R|
+          tests/testthat/escaping/basic-escape-out\.R|
+          tests/testthat/indention_operators/base_pipe_and_assignment-.*|
+          tests/testthat/exception_handling/parser-error.R|
+          )$
     -   id: deps-in-desc
         exclude: >
           (?x)^(
           touchstone/.*|
-          tests/testthat/.*-in\.R(md)?|
-          tests/testthat/.*-out\.R(md)?
+          tests/testmanual/addins/r-invalid\.R|
+          tests/testthat/escaping/basic-escape-out\.R|
+          tests/testthat/rnw/011-conditional-eval-out\.Rnw|
+          tests/testthat/.*\.R(md)?
           )$
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.0.1
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 28f1fcde8..a04314cc0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: styler
 Title: Non-Invasive Pretty Printing of R Code
-Version: 1.6.1.9000
+Version: 1.6.2
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Kirill",
              family = "Müller",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b62846572..586b55446 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# styler 1.2
+
+* clean up cache files older than one week (#842).
+
 # styler 1.6.1
 
 * Files with `.Rmarkdown` extension are now recognized as an R markdown files in
diff --git a/R/nest.R b/R/nest.R
index aa3d11c90..9fa5d96da 100644
--- a/R/nest.R
+++ b/R/nest.R
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ drop_cached_children <- function(pd) {
 #' @details
 #' Note that top-level comments **above** code have negative parents
 #' (the negative value of the parent of the code expression that follows after,
-#' a nother comment might be in the way though), all comments that are not top
+#' another comment might be in the way though), all comments that are not top
 #' level have positive ids. All comments for which no code follows afterwards
 #' have parent 0.
 #' @examples
diff --git a/R/utils-cache.R b/R/utils-cache.R
index e9e377a79..a1991d4ea 100644
--- a/R/utils-cache.R
+++ b/R/utils-cache.R
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ cache_dir_default <- function() {
 
 #' Create more specs
 #'
-#' Syntactic suggar for creating more specs. This is useful when we want to add
+#' Syntactic sugar for creating more specs. This is useful when we want to add
 #' more arguments (because we can search for this function in the source code).
 #' @keywords internal
 cache_more_specs <- function(include_roxygen_examples, base_indention) {
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 44f47b7e5..2917d4f6f 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -8,54 +8,31 @@
     styler.ignore_start = "# styler: off",
     styler.ignore_stop = "# styler: on",
     styler.quiet = FALSE,
-    styler.test_dir_writable = TRUE,
-    styler.interactive_ask_remove_old_caches = TRUE
+    styler.test_dir_writable = TRUE
   )
   toset <- !(names(op.styler) %in% names(op))
   if (any(toset)) options(op.styler[toset])
-  remind_removing_old_cache()
+  remove_cache_old_versions()
+  remove_old_cache_files()
   invisible()
 }
 
-#' Ask people to remove the cache
-#'
-#' The way RStudio Startup works does not allow o read the prompt for some
-#' reasons (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55772436/readline-does-not-prompt-user-input-from-rprofile-site-in-rstudio)
-#' So we better don't use the prompt and issue a message only.
-#' @keywords internal
-remind_removing_old_cache <- function() {
-  if (interactive() && getOption("styler.interactive_ask_remove_old_caches", TRUE)) {
-    dirs <- list.dirs(R.cache::getCachePath("styler"), recursive = FALSE)
-    if (length(dirs) < 1) {
-      return()
-    }
-    dirs <- dirs[unname(sapply(dirs, function(x) length(list.files(x)) > 0))]
-    package_versions <- package_version(basename(dirs), strict = FALSE)
-    package_versions <- package_versions[!is.na(package_versions)]
-    old_package_versions <- package_versions[package_versions < styler_version]
-    if (length(old_package_versions) < 1) {
-      return()
-    }
+remove_old_cache_files <- function() {
+  all_cached <- list.files(
+    R.cache::getCachePath(c("styler", styler_version)),
+    full.names = TRUE, recursive = TRUE
+  )
+  date_boundary <- Sys.time() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 6
+  file.remove(
+    all_cached[file.info(all_cached)$mtime < date_boundary]
+  )
+}
+
 
-    cmd <- glue::glue("styler::cache_clear(\"{basename(dirs)}\", ask = FALSE)") %>%
-      paste0(collapse = "\n")
-    cli::cli_alert_info(paste0(
-      "You are using {{styler}} version {styler_version} but we found ",
-      "caches for older versions of {{styler}}.\n",
-      "You can delete them with the following commands:"
-    ))
-    cat("\n")
-    cli::cli_code(cmd)
-    cat("\n")
-    cli::cli_alert_info(
-      paste(
-        "We'll remind you every time you update {{styler}}.",
-        "To suppress this prompt in the future:"
-      )
-    )
-    cat("\n")
-    cli::cli_code(
-      'options("styler.interactive_ask_remove_old_caches" = FALSE)'
-    )
-  }
+remove_cache_old_versions <- function() {
+  dirs <- list.dirs(R.cache::getCachePath("styler"), recursive = FALSE)
+  old_package_dirs <- dirs[basename(dirs) != as.character(styler_version)]
+  purrr::walk(old_package_dirs, function(dir) {
+    unlink(dir, recursive = TRUE, force = TRUE)
+  })
 }
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 7a71a7c37..63c531556 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-This is a submission to fix a problem with persistent caching, reported by 
-Prof Ripley on 07.09.2021, and invalid URLs, based on an email from Uwe Ligges 
-on 17.09.2021.
+This is a re-submission to fix a problem with persistent caching. Note that
+all cached files are of size 0 and this is by design to keep the cache small.
+Hence, the cache will still have files of size 0, but we remove all files older
+than a week and remove all caches for versions of styler other than the one 
+running as requested.
 
 ## Test environments
 
diff --git a/man/cache_more_specs.Rd b/man/cache_more_specs.Rd
index 3cac92a92..05f78d2de 100644
--- a/man/cache_more_specs.Rd
+++ b/man/cache_more_specs.Rd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 cache_more_specs(include_roxygen_examples, base_indention)
 }
 \description{
-Syntactic suggar for creating more specs. This is useful when we want to add
+Syntactic sugar for creating more specs. This is useful when we want to add
 more arguments (because we can search for this function in the source code).
 }
 \keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/find_pos_id_to_keep.Rd b/man/find_pos_id_to_keep.Rd
index b683b0d32..c49b4c0aa 100644
--- a/man/find_pos_id_to_keep.Rd
+++ b/man/find_pos_id_to_keep.Rd
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ typical roxygen annotated code.
 \details{
 Note that top-level comments \strong{above} code have negative parents
 (the negative value of the parent of the code expression that follows after,
-a nother comment might be in the way though), all comments that are not top
+another comment might be in the way though), all comments that are not top
 level have positive ids. All comments for which no code follows afterwards
 have parent 0.
 }
diff --git a/man/remind_removing_old_cache.Rd b/man/remind_removing_old_cache.Rd
deleted file mode 100644
index cc40e1847..000000000
--- a/man/remind_removing_old_cache.Rd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/zzz.R
-\name{remind_removing_old_cache}
-\alias{remind_removing_old_cache}
-\title{Ask people to remove the cache}
-\usage{
-remind_removing_old_cache()
-}
-\description{
-The way RStudio Startup works does not allow o read the prompt for some
-reasons (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55772436/readline-does-not-prompt-user-input-from-rprofile-site-in-rstudio)
-So we better don't use the prompt and issue a message only.
-}
-\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/tests/testmanual/tests b/tests/testmanual/tests
index e54f0373b..118801f24 100644
--- a/tests/testmanual/tests
+++ b/tests/testmanual/tests
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Addins
 
 * set style:
-  - test setting a valid stlye
+  - test setting a valid style
   - test setting an invalid style
 * style active file:
   - saved .R file (valid and invalid code)
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@
   - unsaved .Rnw file
   - saved non-R file
   - unsaved R file
-