Apps
Rhythmbox
Rhythmbox stores a disk cache under ~/.cache/rhythmbox for downloaded album art thumbnails, podcast and feed artwork, and temporary metadata related to media browsing so the library and side panels load faster without repeatedly fetching the same images. When that cache becomes stale or oversized, Kudu removes the cached album art and related temporary metadata files while leaving your music library, playlists, ratings, settings, and account details untouched.
Why clean Rhythmbox?
- Stale album art cache entries can keep showing the wrong cover after you retag files or replace embedded artwork, so albums continue to display outdated images in the library
- Corrupted cached thumbnails cause blank covers or broken artwork placeholders even though the music files and their tags are still present
- Old podcast and feed artwork cached on disk can persist after a feed changes branding, making subscriptions show mismatched icons and episode images
- An oversized Rhythmbox cache slows artwork lookups while scrolling large libraries, which shows up as delayed cover loading and sluggish browsing in album views
- Repeated artwork downloads and thumbnail generation leave behind cache files that keep growing after library changes, wasting home-directory disk space with no effect on your songs
- Cleaning the cache forces Rhythmbox to rebuild image thumbnails from current tags and online sources, which often fixes covers that refuse to refresh after metadata edits
What gets cleaned
Cache paths Kudu targets
Linux
~/.cache/rhythmbox |
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