Dirk Fieldhouse wrote:
On 31/01/2021 14:30, Gerry Hickman wrote:
In my profile is a directory called 'storage', which then has three
sub-dirs called 'default', 'permanent', 'temporary'. These dirs are
full of junk like sqlite databases.
Not necessarily junk: see
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API/Browser_storage_limits_and_eviction_criteria>
What is the proper way to clear all this 'storage' so that it doesn't
keep coming back?
You can experiment with Edit>Preferences>Privacy & Security>Private
Data>Clear Now... to see if clearing Cache, Cookies, or Offline Website
Data has any effect. There have been bugs in this area in the past.
Reading some pages returned by
<https://www.google.com/search?q=Mozilla+Bug+527667> doesn't give me a
feeling that this area has been well designed, nor that any particular
SM or FF version has got it right.
/df
My experiences with Firefox in this area have mostly been good, my tests
with Seamonkey ended up as a basis for a "this is not working" post in
this forum a few years ago.
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