Browsers
Browser caches, which rebuild as you browse, and website data, which holds your sign-ins.
14 entries in 2 groups.
- Safe
- Its owner recreates it by itself when it needs it, and nothing you made is lost.
- Usually safe
- It can be recreated, but it takes a download, a reinstall or the tool's own command.
- Review first
- It's your own data, or hard to recreate. Decide item by item.
- Managed by macOS
- macOS manages it. It's never moved to the Trash.
Browser caches
- Arc cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Arc saved so websites load faster.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ Arc - Brave cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Brave saved so websites load faster, with a folder for each Brave profile.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ BraveSoftware/ Brave-Browser - Firefox cacheWeb pages, images and other files that Firefox saved so websites load faster, with a folder for each profile.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ Firefox - Google Chrome cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Chrome saved so websites load faster, with a folder for each Chrome profile.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ Google/ {Chrome,Chrome Beta,Chrome Canary} - Microsoft Edge cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Edge saved so websites load faster, with a folder for each Edge profile.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ Microsoft Edge - Opera cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Opera saved so websites load faster.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ com.operasoftware.Opera - Vivaldi cacheWeb pages, images and scripts that Vivaldi saved so websites load faster, with a folder for each profile.Safe~/
Library/ Caches/ Vivaldi
Website data
- Arc website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Arc, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Arc/ User Data/ {Default,Profile *}/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB} - Brave website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Brave, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ BraveSoftware/ Brave-Browser/ {Default,Profile *}/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB} - Firefox website dataOffline data, databases and local storage that websites and web apps stored in Firefox, in a folder for each site.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Firefox/ Profiles/ */ storage/ default - Google Chrome website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Chrome, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Google/ Chrome/ {Default,Profile *}/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB} - Microsoft Edge website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Edge, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Microsoft Edge/ {Default,Profile *}/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB} - Opera website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Opera, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ com.operasoftware.Opera/ Default/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB} - Vivaldi website dataOffline data that websites and web apps stored in Vivaldi, such as service worker caches and IndexedDB databases.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Vivaldi/ {Default,Profile *}/ {Service Worker,IndexedDB}