diff --git a/lib/chrome/webdriver/builder.js b/lib/chrome/webdriver/builder.js
index 655440cfe0..36d4f4a699 100644
--- a/lib/chrome/webdriver/builder.js
+++ b/lib/chrome/webdriver/builder.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { pick, isEmpty, getProperty } from '../../support/util.js';
  * @param builder
  * @param {Object} options the options for a web driver.
  */
-export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options) {
+export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options, tmpDir) {
   const chromeConfig = options.chrome || {};
 
   let chromedriverPath = getProperty(chromeConfig, 'chromedriverPath');
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options) {
     if (options.verbose >= 3 || chromeConfig.enableVerboseChromeDriverLog)
       serviceBuilder.enableVerboseLogging();
   }
+  if (tmpDir) {
+    serviceBuilder.setEnvironment({
+      ...process.env,
+      TMPDIR: tmpDir,
+      TMP: tmpDir,
+      TEMP: tmpDir
+    });
+  }
   builder.setChromeService(serviceBuilder);
 
   const proxyPacSettings = pick(options.proxy, ['pac']);
diff --git a/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js b/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
index 0b6d00fe6b..b2bb106d50 100644
--- a/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
+++ b/lib/core/seleniumRunner.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { getLogger } from '@sitespeed.io/log';
 import { Condition, error as webdriverError } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import { isAndroidConfigured } from '../android/index.js';
@@ -77,11 +80,18 @@ export class SeleniumRunner {
    * @throws {BrowserError} if the browser can't start
    */
   async start() {
+    // Chromedriver deletes its temporary profile a few seconds after the
+    // browser closes, but Selenium stops Chromedriver before that. Chrome
+    // also leaves files in the temp folder. Give them their own folder and
+    // remove it in stop().
+    if (this.options.browser === 'chrome' || this.options.browser === 'edge') {
+      this.tmpDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'browsertime-'));
+    }
     const tries = this.browserRestartTries;
     for (let index = 0; index < tries; ++index) {
       try {
         this.driver = await timeout(
-          createWebDriver(this.baseDir, this.options),
+          createWebDriver(this.baseDir, this.options, this.tmpDir),
           this.options.timeouts.browserStart,
           `Failed to start ${this.options.browser} in ${
             this.options.timeouts.browserStart / 1000
@@ -97,6 +107,7 @@ export class SeleniumRunner {
       }
     }
     if (!this.driver) {
+      await this.removeTmpDir();
       throw new BrowserError(
         `Could not start ${this.options.browser} with ${tries} tries`
       );
@@ -527,7 +538,7 @@ export class SeleniumRunner {
           this.driver.quit(),
           120_000,
           'Could not close the browser using driver.quit'
-        );
+        ).finally(() => this.removeTmpDir());
       } catch (error) {
         throw new BrowserError(error.message, {
           cause: error
@@ -536,6 +547,13 @@ export class SeleniumRunner {
     }
   }
 
+  async removeTmpDir() {
+    if (this.tmpDir) {
+      await rm(this.tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+      this.tmpDir = undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    *
    * Scripts should be valid statements or IIFEs '(function() {...})()' that can run
diff --git a/lib/core/webdriver/index.js b/lib/core/webdriver/index.js
index a0c026df9f..13838f8423 100644
--- a/lib/core/webdriver/index.js
+++ b/lib/core/webdriver/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { isEmpty } from '../../support/util.js';
  * @returns {!Promise<webdriver.WebDriver>} a promise that resolves to the webdriver,
  * or rejects if the current configuration is invalid.
  */
-export async function createWebDriver(baseDir, options) {
+export async function createWebDriver(baseDir, options, tmpDir) {
   const browser = options.browser || 'chrome';
   const seleniumUrl = options.selenium ? options.selenium.url : undefined;
   const capabilities = options.selenium
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function createWebDriver(baseDir, options) {
 
   switch (browser) {
     case 'chrome': {
-      await configureBuilderChrome(builder, baseDir, options);
+      await configureBuilderChrome(builder, baseDir, options, tmpDir);
       break;
     }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export async function createWebDriver(baseDir, options) {
     }
 
     case 'edge': {
-      await configureBuilderEdge(builder, baseDir, options);
+      await configureBuilderEdge(builder, baseDir, options, tmpDir);
       break;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/edge/webdriver/builder.js b/lib/edge/webdriver/builder.js
index e996039158..f0920a487c 100644
--- a/lib/edge/webdriver/builder.js
+++ b/lib/edge/webdriver/builder.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { pac, manual } from 'selenium-webdriver/proxy.js';
 import { pick, isEmpty, getProperty } from '../../support/util.js';
 const log = getLogger('browsertime.edge');
 
-export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options) {
+export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options, tmpDir) {
   const edgeConfig = options.edge || {};
   const chromeConfig = options.chrome || {};
 
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ export async function configureBuilder(builder, baseDir, options) {
     if (options.verbose >= 3 || chromeConfig.enableVerboseChromeDriverLog)
       serviceBuilder.enableVerboseLogging();
   }
+  if (tmpDir) {
+    serviceBuilder.setEnvironment({
+      ...process.env,
+      TMPDIR: tmpDir,
+      TMP: tmpDir,
+      TEMP: tmpDir
+    });
+  }
   builder.setEdgeService(serviceBuilder);
 
   log.info(