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Housekeeping

Directory Cleaning Guide

It is worth noting that while Parallel is designed to exclusively delete files older than the specified retention period, you should exercise caution regarding the data being removed and its potential impact on your system. Below is a list of directories I've found that are worth cleaning regularly and can be cleaned safely.

Windows System

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps
C:\Windows\Temp

Developer Tools

JetBrains

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\*\caches
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\*\index
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\*\log
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\*\tmp

Visual Studio

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\*\ComponentModelCache

Visual Studio Code

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Code\Cache
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Code\CachedData

npm, pnpm, and yarn

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\npm-cache
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\pnpm-store
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Yarn\Cache

Browser Caches

Chrome

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache

Edge

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache

GPU Shader Caches

NVIDIA

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\DXCache
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\GLCache
C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Downloader

AMD

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\AMD\DXCache