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It would be nice if it could clean up the crap Chrome produces. Just few weeks ago I was wondering why my drive is so full, and yep, Chrome was almost 12GB of t
by rplnt 11y ago
It would be nice if it could clean up the crap Chrome produces. Just few weeks ago I was wondering why my drive is so full, and yep, Chrome was almost 12GB of that. It was cache, so somewhat legitimate (unlike what they used to do - leave 20 chrome copies on your drive), but chrome couldn't clean it (clear cache did nothing). I had to delete it manually (and of course it caused some problems). Few days later I was at 10+GB mark again, Chrome not being able to clean it.
- timlyo 11y agoDoes ccleaner help with that stuff?
- thecatspaw 11y agois ccleaner a legitimate product? when I tried it years ago it seemed kind of shady
- Numberwang 11y agoI've been using it for years. It is brilliant.
- simi_ 11y agoIf I have to use a Windows machine, CCleaner is one of the first tools I install, it's fantastic. On OS X I use App Cleaner (I run it in parallel with `brew cask rm` just to be safe). PS: That's numberwang! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc
- hk__2 11y agoDon’t forget to run `brew cleanup` as well.
- jugbee 11y agoit's one the tools they teach you in forensics course, when they speak about "nasty anti-forensics done by criminals". Source: attended some courses ;)
- vmateixeira 11y agoCcleaner with Winapp2 does the job here.
- jftuga 11y agoI have never heard of Winapp2 -- looks really cool. Thanks for mentioning it. http://www.winapp2.com/ http://www.winapp2.com/
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- yoodenvranx 11y ago> Just few weeks ago I was wondering why my drive is so full To easily answer this question I always use a tool like https://windirstat.info/ https://windirstat.info/ (Windows) or Baobab (Linux)
- cpach 11y agoFor OS X, http://www.derlien.com/ http://www.derlien.com/ is a solid alternative.
- ljoshua 11y agoOr DaisyDisk, I love DaisyDisk.
- ndrake 11y agoor OmniDiskSweeper. https://www.omnigroup.com/more/ https://www.omnigroup.com/more/
- mosburger 11y agoSpace Gremlin is another good one for OS X. and it feels a little more "Nativey" than Disk Inventory X (which I've also used and is also good). http://www.spacegremlinapp.com/ http://www.spacegremlinapp.com/
- pimlottc 11y agoGrandPerspective is also good, despite its hosting. http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/
- rplnt 11y agoA bit slower, but I just use totalcmd to display sizes of all direct subfolders. Check both program files' folders and then user folder (and work my way into appdata).
- cmc31 11y agoAlternatively for windows, SpaceSniffer is a portable single file under 1 meg and no installation is required. http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/ http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
- yq 11y agoIf you are using Windows, also consider Tronscript, which fights for the User. https://github.com/bmrf/tron/blob/master/README.md#stage-1-tempclean https://github.com/bmrf/tron/blob/master/README.md#stage-1-t... https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/ It de-bloat all useless software installed by OEM, BleachBit your computer, purge telemetry which tracking users, Disinfect virus and optimize computer. Most of the strange problem will go away from my experiences. It is one tool that I will highly recommend to someone who really want a clean computer.
- Someone1234 11y agoThis has nothing to do with what the person above was talking about. You're just using their post to advertise. It doesn't attempt to reduce Chrome's disk footprint, and they said nothing about OEM software. Plus that script is going to do more harm than good.
- yq 11y agoI am not connect to Tronscript in anyway. It is simply a great automatic tool that really clean up a lot of problem.
- Someone1234 11y ago> It is simply a great automatic tool that really clean up a lot of problem. And introduce just as many new problems...