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How to Clean Electron Cache (iusearchlinux.fyi)
submitted 10 months ago by sandayle@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Electron folder under /home/cache has reached 1.3GB.

I want to clean it but I don't know how or would be wrong?

Is there a command like yarn cache clean?

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[-] sandayle@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 10 months ago
[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 26 points 10 months ago

General trick for unknowns like this, you can rename a folder, open the applications. If they work, it is likely safe to delete that folder. If not, you rename that folder back. A simple way to test removing something non-destructively.

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 4 points 10 months ago

folder.old

then it's all fun and games till you've been fucking with it for 3 hours and you get to folder.old.old.old.old.old

[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

I've been there.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I always do folder.save, then folder.oldsave, then folder.oldoldsave. It isn't any better but it is slightly different

[-] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

.bak gang rise up.

[-] sandayle@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 10 months ago

Nice trick, thanks.

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