<![CDATA[[Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache?]]>Hi,

So I have one cache folder in C:\Users\Even\AppData\Local

And another cache folder in C:\Users\Even\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Service Worker\CacheStorage

The first folder in Local takes about 400 MB of space while the other in Roaming takes about 800 MB of space. Combined with Opera program files this adds unto 1.5GB

I have a tiny disk of about 25GB and I can't allow Opera to take this much of space especially when 90% of the time, I visit the same sites over and over again.

I wish to keep the cached images and files intact to be able to load the sites faster.

So my question is, out of the two folders, which folder should I delete and how do I set the maximum number of Data Opera caches?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/51048/solved-how-to-clean-the-opera-cacheRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 11:40:23 GMTSat, 21 Aug 2021 20:04:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:33:05 GMT]]>@leocg I remember there use to be an option in Firefox to limit the size of the cache but I'm not gonna leave Opera for this.

Thank you for the help. This could be closed now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260312https://forums.opera.com/post/260312Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:33:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:00:08 GMT]]>@wealstarr Other than stop using browsers? I don't think there is.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260229https://forums.opera.com/post/260229Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:00:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:21:46 GMT]]>@mardiyah Thank you for the further explanation. I don't want to clean the cache but shrink the size of the profile folder in Roaming and prevent it from growing so large. Is there any way to do that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260226https://forums.opera.com/post/260226Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:07:44 GMT]]>@wealstarr I don't think there is a way.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260220https://forums.opera.com/post/260220Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:45:42 GMT]]>@wealstarr in Opera setting try find:

Clear browsing data
Clear history, cookies, cache, and more

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260214https://forums.opera.com/post/260214Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:45:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:28:15 GMT]]>@mardiyah I apolgise but it all went right over my head. Could you please elaborate in a manner a newbie can understand?

Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260209https://forums.opera.com/post/260209Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:28:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:27:30 GMT]]>@leocg

Thank you for the response. How can I prevent the folders growing so large in size?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260208https://forums.opera.com/post/260208Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:27:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sat, 21 Aug 2021 23:57:52 GMT]]>@wealstarr in setting

Clear browsing data
Clear history, cookies, cache, and more

or
try to have certain cache
In Opera launcher/Desktop shortcut, locate it by
<your Opera path> --disk-cache-dir=<Any dir. to be cache (ensure enough permission & size}>

Tip: best is set Softperfect free RAMDISK alloted to 64-96 MB, have a dir under its main drive and be it the cache dir.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260189https://forums.opera.com/post/260189Sat, 21 Aug 2021 23:57:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]How to clean the Opera Cache? on Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:43:43 GMT]]>@wealstarr Check opera://about for the path to the cache directory.

I can say that the second is service workers cache and not the general cache.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260180https://forums.opera.com/post/260180Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:43:43 GMT