| Discord | Discord Electron app cache, compiled code cache, and GPU cache |
| Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams cached web content |
| Slack | Slack Electron app cache, compiled code cache, and GPU cache |
| Zoom | Zoom cached data, GPU cache, and log files |
| Telegram | Telegram cached user data and emoji assets |
| VS Code | VS Code cached data, extensions, and log files |
| JetBrains IDEs | JetBrains IDE caches (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, etc.); rebuilt on restart |
| Spotify | Spotify offline storage and cached streaming data |
| OBS Studio | OBS Studio log files and performance profiler data |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | Adobe Acrobat CEF cache and shared media cache used by Premiere, After Effects, etc. |
| npm Cache | npm downloaded package tarballs and metadata cache |
| Yarn Cache | Yarn downloaded package cache (yarn cache clean clears this) |
| pnpm Store | pnpm content-addressable package store |
| Bun Cache | Bun downloaded package cache |
| pip Cache | pip downloaded wheel and source distribution cache |
| Cargo/Rust Cache | Cargo downloaded crate archives and extracted source files |
| Go Module Cache | Go module download cache (go clean -modcache clears this) |
| Gradle Cache | Gradle build caches and daemon log files |
| Maven Cache | Maven local repository of downloaded artifacts and dependencies |
| Composer Cache | Composer downloaded PHP package cache |
| Cursor IDE | Cursor IDE cached data, extensions, and log files |
| Signal Desktop | Signal Desktop Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| Postman | Postman Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| Figma | Figma Desktop Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| GitHub Desktop | GitHub Desktop Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| VLC | VLC cached album art and media thumbnails |
| Thunderbird | Thunderbird per-profile web content cache |
| GIMP | GIMP temporary swap and working files |
| Blender | Blender thumbnail and script cache per version |
| LibreOffice | LibreOffice cached data including extension thumbnails |
| TeamViewer | TeamViewer session log files |
| Google Earth | Google Earth cached satellite imagery tiles |
| Inkscape | Inkscape font and rendering cache |
| Krita | Krita resource and rendering cache |
| FileZilla | FileZilla directory listing cache |
| Transmission | Transmission BitTorrent client cache |
| Android Studio | Google application caches including Android Studio and other Google products |
| Conda Package Cache | Conda downloaded package cache (conda clean --packages clears this) |
| Unity Editor | Unity global shader and GI cache (regenerated when projects are opened) |
| Notion | Notion Electron app cache, compiled code cache, and GPU cache |
| Obsidian | Obsidian Electron app cache, compiled code cache, and GPU cache |
| WhatsApp Desktop | WhatsApp Desktop Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| Bitwarden | Bitwarden Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| Ruby Gem Cache | Downloaded .gem file cache (reinstall regenerates as needed) |
| Deno Cache | Deno module cache (re-downloaded on demand) |
| Claude | Claude Desktop Electron app cache, GPU cache, and log files |
| Sublime Text | Sublime Text index and asset cache |
| Termius | Termius Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| Ledger Live | Ledger Live Electron app cache and GPU cache |
| node-gyp Cache | Node.js native addon build header cache (re-downloaded on demand) |
| electron-builder Cache | Electron builder download cache (re-downloaded on demand) |
| LibreWolf | LibreWolf browser per-profile web content cache |
| Waterfox | Waterfox browser per-profile web content cache |
| Zen Browser | Zen Browser per-profile web content cache |
| Kodi | Kodi media center cache and thumbnail images (can be several GB; rebuilt on demand) |
| qBittorrent | qBittorrent log files |
| HandBrake | HandBrake video encoder log files from past encoding jobs |
| Java Runtime Cache | Java Web Start and applet download cache (deprecated technology; safe to remove) |
| Homebrew Cache | Homebrew downloaded bottles and source archives |
| CocoaPods Cache | CocoaPods download cache (pod cache clean --all clears this) |
| ccache | Compiler cache for C/C++ (can grow to several GB; builds just take longer on next compile) |