Calibre-cache directory clear

Gerong · 09-17-2022, 07:37 AM

Hello everyone,

I am facing an issue similar to the one mentioned to the post 'Calibre cache' by thiago.eec, at 19-10-2019.

I am opening a lot of ebooks, for review, and 'calibre-cash' folder is now quite big.

At Calibre v.6.5, my calibre-cash folder is:
'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\calibre-cache\'

Underneath there are various files and folders, with ev2\f\*.* being the big one.

The question is: is it safe to close Calibre and delete folder
'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\calibre-cache\'
and all sub-folders from time to time?

Will this affect any functionality of my existing library?

Thank you in advance,

kovidgoyal · 09-17-2022, 11:16 AM

yes, its safe as long as neither calibre nor the calibre viewer are running. And no deleting it only has the effect of causing the viewer to be slow when re-opening a previously opened book, since the cache is not available.

Gerong · 09-17-2022, 01:56 PM

It worked as expected!

Thank you for replying.

09-17-2022, 07:37 AM	#1
Gerong Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: none	Calibre-cache directory clear Hello everyone, I am facing an issue similar to the one mentioned to the post 'Calibre cache' by thiago.eec, at 19-10-2019. I am opening a lot of ebooks, for review, and 'calibre-cash' folder is now quite big. At Calibre v.6.5, my calibre-cash folder is: 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\calibre-cache\' Underneath there are various files and folders, with ev2\f\. being the big one. The question is: is it safe to close Calibre and delete folder 'C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\calibre-cache\' and all sub-folders from time to time? Will this affect any functionality of my existing library? Thank you in advance,

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09-17-2022, 11:16 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes, its safe as long as neither calibre nor the calibre viewer are running. And no deleting it only has the effect of causing the viewer to be slow when re-opening a previously opened book, since the cache is not available.

09-17-2022, 01:56 PM	#3
Gerong Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: none	It worked as expected! Thank you for replying.