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I think the title sums it up. IF it's cache it is probably meant to be cleared eventually, but can I just manually delete the whole .cache folder? It's eating over 10 gigabytes on a 64 GB partition. I think it is mostly unity game engine and wine. The os is Manjaro if it matters.
Edit: thanks for the info, and this is not a duplicate as this .cache directory is not at "~/", thus I was wondering if it was safe to delete it because the other question specifies that it is a .cache directory at "~/". For those unfamiliar with how linux stores memory these could in theory be 2 different types of cache, and thus I asked a question about the .cache directory that is specifically in the user's directory, thus I do not believe it should be marked as a duplicate question.
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I think the title sums it up. IF it's cache it is probably meant to be cleared eventually, but can I just manually delete the whole .cache folder? It's eating over 10 gigabytes on a 64 GB partition. I think it is mostly unity game engine and wine. The os is Manjaro if it matters.
Edit: thanks for the info, and this is not a duplicate as this .cache directory is not at "~/", thus I was wondering if it was safe to delete it because the other question specifies that it is a .cache directory at "~/". For those unfamiliar with how linux stores memory these could in theory be 2 different types of cache, and thus I asked a question about the .cache directory that is specifically in the user's directory, thus I do not believe it should be marked as a duplicate question.
files cache manjaro delete
asked Sep 21 at 21:37
Firestar9114
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marked as duplicate by Wildcard, Jeff Schaller, roaima, Goro, sebasth Sep 22 at 4:16
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Could alwaysmv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cachetemporarily
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave~/.cache/fontconfigin place for instance.
– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?~is frequently used to represent/home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
doesn't~represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?
– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28
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I think the title sums it up. IF it's cache it is probably meant to be cleared eventually, but can I just manually delete the whole .cache folder? It's eating over 10 gigabytes on a 64 GB partition. I think it is mostly unity game engine and wine. The os is Manjaro if it matters.
Edit: thanks for the info, and this is not a duplicate as this .cache directory is not at "~/", thus I was wondering if it was safe to delete it because the other question specifies that it is a .cache directory at "~/". For those unfamiliar with how linux stores memory these could in theory be 2 different types of cache, and thus I asked a question about the .cache directory that is specifically in the user's directory, thus I do not believe it should be marked as a duplicate question.
files cache manjaro delete
asked Sep 21 at 21:37
Firestar9114
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This question already has an answer here:
Is it safe to remove ~/.cache?
3 answers
I think the title sums it up. IF it's cache it is probably meant to be cleared eventually, but can I just manually delete the whole .cache folder? It's eating over 10 gigabytes on a 64 GB partition. I think it is mostly unity game engine and wine. The os is Manjaro if it matters.
Edit: thanks for the info, and this is not a duplicate as this .cache directory is not at "~/", thus I was wondering if it was safe to delete it because the other question specifies that it is a .cache directory at "~/". For those unfamiliar with how linux stores memory these could in theory be 2 different types of cache, and thus I asked a question about the .cache directory that is specifically in the user's directory, thus I do not believe it should be marked as a duplicate question.
This question already has an answer here:
Is it safe to remove ~/.cache?
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files cache manjaro delete
files cache manjaro delete
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Could alwaysmv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cachetemporarily
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave~/.cache/fontconfigin place for instance.
– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?~is frequently used to represent/home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
doesn't~represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?
– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28
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Could alwaysmv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cachetemporarily
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave~/.cache/fontconfigin place for instance.
– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?~is frequently used to represent/home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
doesn't~represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?
– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28
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Could always
mv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cache temporarily– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Could always
mv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cache temporarily– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave
~/.cache/fontconfig in place for instance.– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave
~/.cache/fontconfig in place for instance.– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?
~ is frequently used to represent /home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?
~ is frequently used to represent /home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
doesn't
~ represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28
doesn't
~ represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28
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I wouldn't delete "~/home/User/.cache/" itself, but it should be fine deleting everything below that.
Edit:
I should add that I'd want to know exactly what's taking up that much space. A handy GUI tool for that is Filelight. Or, from the shell:
du -hs /home/username/.cache/*
This will give you directory total sizes in human readable format.
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
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This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
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I wouldn't delete "~/home/User/.cache/" itself, but it should be fine deleting everything below that.
Edit:
I should add that I'd want to know exactly what's taking up that much space. A handy GUI tool for that is Filelight. Or, from the shell:
du -hs /home/username/.cache/*
This will give you directory total sizes in human readable format.
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
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This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
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I wouldn't delete "~/home/User/.cache/" itself, but it should be fine deleting everything below that.
Edit:
I should add that I'd want to know exactly what's taking up that much space. A handy GUI tool for that is Filelight. Or, from the shell:
du -hs /home/username/.cache/*
This will give you directory total sizes in human readable format.
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
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up vote
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
I wouldn't delete "~/home/User/.cache/" itself, but it should be fine deleting everything below that.
Edit:
I should add that I'd want to know exactly what's taking up that much space. A handy GUI tool for that is Filelight. Or, from the shell:
du -hs /home/username/.cache/*
This will give you directory total sizes in human readable format.
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
I wouldn't delete "~/home/User/.cache/" itself, but it should be fine deleting everything below that.
Edit:
I should add that I'd want to know exactly what's taking up that much space. A handy GUI tool for that is Filelight. Or, from the shell:
du -hs /home/username/.cache/*
This will give you directory total sizes in human readable format.
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
edited Sep 21 at 22:29
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
answered Sep 21 at 22:12
Terry Wendt
1096
1096
This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
add a comment |Â
This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
This is what I recommend doing, especially before you run that backup you've been meaning to do of all those dot directories that you keep putting off for some reason....
– ivanivan
Sep 21 at 22:53
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
I did use a gui tool, I think it might have even been Firelight to track it down, and that is how I discovered that nearly the entire 10 GB is the unity game engine and wine.
– Firestar9114
Sep 26 at 21:43
add a comment |Â
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Could always
mv ~/.cache ~/.aside.cachetemporarily– Jeff Schaller
Sep 21 at 21:53
Yes. But you don't have to wipe it off indiscriminately -- you can leave
~/.cache/fontconfigin place for instance.– mosvy
Sep 21 at 21:54
per your recent edit, are you certain that this cache directory is multiple levels below your home directory?
~is frequently used to represent/home/user, so it's easy to mis-read the title of your question. Do you have any clues as to what created this extra-level .cache directory?– Jeff Schaller
Sep 26 at 22:23
doesn't
~represent the top, or root, directory? In all my reading that is what was indicated?– Firestar9114
Sep 27 at 20:28