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WebStorage is too large! 8gb
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So I noticed that im loosing free space on my C drive. And i found that WebStorage has one folder 221 that has indexeddb.blob folder inside that has 23 subbfolders. The total size of these subbfolders is 8gb. This is insane.
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@vidva19 It's not "too large" - it's exactly the size of the webstorage a site has allocated on your system for web storage.
Some badly behaved sites do this.
Some extensions could also do this (potentially...)You can find out which site is using the storage by looking at the
CacheStorage\index.txtfile.The
Web Storagefolder is safe to delete with the browser closed.
It can also be cleared with the Delete Browsing Data dialog.Same goes for the
File Systemfolder, it can grow huge when using for instance sites like MEGA to download files - it stores the files in File System before decrypting them locally. -
@Pathduck Hi. Thanks for your answer. I have only one more question: Why do these files stay in that folder? Why they are not deleted automatically? I only delete browsing history and never delete anything else. So the files could stay there forever? Never had a problem like this with Opera browser.
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@vidva19 said in WebStorage is too large! 8gb:
Why they are not deleted automatically?
Because the browser cannot make the decision what to delete, that would be breaking the web specification the browser is supposed to follow.
Like I said, you can delete it yourself with Delete Browsing Data.
Never had a problem like this with Opera browser.
I can guarantee you that you would have the exact same "problem" with Opera, given the same circumstances, as it follows the same specification.
Did you find out what site was storing the data?
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@Pathduck so what exactly should I clean in Browsing data? I dont want to clean too much because I'm on a metered connection.
This was the webpage - https://www.youtube.com/2https://www.youtube.com/^0https://pcgamingwiki.com и(
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@vidva19 said in WebStorage is too large! 8gb:
so what exactly should I clean in Browsing data?
It's most likely Storage (obviously...?)
Maybe Cache as well, not sure, not really tested this.It's not something I've ever encountered myself. I have seen the File System folder take up a lot of space though, because I download from MEGA from time to time.
These are my safe settings that I use once in a while to save a little disk space:
Like I also said, it's safe to delete the Webstorage folder completely, as long as the browser is closed. It will just be recreated.
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@vidva19 said in WebStorage is too large! 8gb:
This was the webpage - https://www.youtube.com/2https://www.youtube.com/^0https://pcgamingwiki.com и(
I'm assuming here - since I don't know exactly how this works, that this is data from
pcgamingwiki.com- possibly data from Youtube embeds. Although 8GB seems a lot, even for cached video files.I would be interesting though, if you continue using this wiki site, if you notice the size of Webstorage increasing again over time, or if this was just a one-off fluke. In case it increases what kind of activities are you doing on the site.
