Auto Clean Browser Cache on Exit

namad

I have dozens of weekly backups of full vss style shadowclone copies of my OS partition.

vivaldi was using 4gb of cache data. It ended up wasting probably 100s of gb of space on my local NAS.

I don't usually clear most browsers cache before the backups because a) these backups happen entirely afk and b) most browsers maximum cache usage is FAR FAR FAR FAR lower and barely matters

Cleaning the cache on exit would be great, or setting the maximum cache limit to a tiny number, either would work for this usage case.

This usage case is not that uncommon as people might think.

All this stuff about speed is nonsense. (99.99% of the time the cache is not providing any measurable useful purpose)

Onweerwolf

I would like to add my interest in having an auto cache cleaner.

ashper1857

@Pesala You can always keep an option to OFF if you don't need. Let there be choice for everyone!

ashper1857

@Onweerwolf You should vote up all such requests to show your backing

Catweazle

@ashper1857, for this I use an extension, which cleeans cache and all other data from the sites you visit. The advantage is, that you can whitelist sites which data shall remain.

ZhanXiaoGe

@Priest72 I don't quite understand. What’s wrong with adding an option for automatic cleanup on exit? It gives users more choices. Isn't having a rich set of features a better representation of a software's strength? As long as this non-essential feature doesn't consume memory or processes when not in use, and users have scenarios where they can use it, it's a good feature. Moreover, some browsers already have this functionality, so it's not an imagined feature.

TheBitBandit

I see that the Android version of Vivaldi has this option. About time it was bought to the desktop version too!

Stardust

I am still waiting for this option too

mib2berlin

Hi, I guess with 25 user votes in 4 Years not many users need this.
It is not even tagged as "NICE TO HAVE".
Easy implementation does not automatically mean faster development, especially when you have thousands of “easy to implement” tasks.

Cheers, mib