{"id":"freeing-space.how-do-i-clear-claude-cursor-or-vs-code-caches","url":"/faq/freeing-space/how-do-i-clear-claude-cursor-or-vs-code-caches","category":{"id":"freeing-space","title":"Freeing up space"},"subcategory":{"id":"caches","title":"Caches and clutter"},"question":"How do I clear Claude, Cursor or VS Code caches on my Mac?","alt_questions":["Cursor cache taking up space Mac","VS Code cache huge","Claude desktop app using lots of storage","Clean Electron app caches Mac","Will clearing Cursor cache delete my chats or settings?","Slack Discord Teams cache cleanup Mac"],"short_answer":"Click Clean App Caches in the menu bar popover. It clears only regenerable cache folders such as Cache, Code Cache and GPU caches; conversation history, settings and personal data are never touched.","answer_markdown":"Click **Clean App Caches** in Storage Studio's menu bar popover. It clears only the safe, regenerable cache folders these apps keep — Cache, Code Cache, GPU caches, crash logs and the like — while your conversation history, settings and personal data are never touched.\n\nChat and editor apps (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Slack, Discord, Teams and similar) build up large caches over time, and they rebuild what they need on next launch.\n\nIf an app's whole data folder is what's big, What's Using Space can move it to your fast drive with a link left behind instead — see [Move to fast drive](/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-move-to-fast-drive-button).","answer_html":"

Click Clean App Caches in Storage Studio's menu bar popover. It clears only the safe, regenerable cache folders these apps keep — Cache, Code Cache, GPU caches, crash logs and the like — while your conversation history, settings and personal data are never touched.

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Chat and editor apps (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Slack, Discord, Teams and similar) build up large caches over time, and they rebuild what they need on next launch.

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If an app's whole data folder is what's big, What's Using Space can move it to your fast drive with a link left behind instead — see Move to fast drive.

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Freeing up space · Caches and clutter

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How do I clear Claude, Cursor or VS Code caches on my Mac?

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Short answer: Click Clean App Caches in the menu bar popover. It clears only regenerable cache folders such as Cache, Code Cache and GPU caches; conversation history, settings and personal data are never touched.

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Click Clean App Caches in Storage Studio's menu bar popover. It clears only the safe, regenerable cache folders these apps keep — Cache, Code Cache, GPU caches, crash logs and the like — while your conversation history, settings and personal data are never touched.

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Chat and editor apps (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Slack, Discord, Teams and similar) build up large caches over time, and they rebuild what they need on next launch.

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If an app's whole data folder is what's big, What's Using Space can move it to your fast drive with a link left behind instead — see Move to fast drive.

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