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VSCodium
Built on Electron and Chromium, VSCodium stores several disposable caches to speed up its interface and extension host: HTTP disk cache entries in Cache_Data, V8 compiled bytecode in Code Cache and CachedData, GPU shader and rendering data in GPUCache, downloaded .vsix extension packages in CachedExtensionVSIXs, and rotating diagnostic logs. When these files go stale or grow too large, Kudu removes them so VSCodium can rebuild fresh copies without touching your settings, installed extensions, workspace state, accounts, or passwords.
Why clean VSCodium?
- Invalidated V8 bytecode after a VSCodium or Electron update can make the next launch unusually slow, with the window appearing late while Code Cache and CachedData rebuild
- Stale Chromium disk cache entries in Cache_Data can leave extension views, release notes, or embedded web content blank or outdated until the cache is cleared
- GPUCache often becomes incompatible after a graphics driver update, causing black editor areas, flickering menus, or sluggish scrolling until fresh shader data is generated
- CachedExtensionVSIXs can accumulate old downloaded extension packages, wasting hundreds of megabytes even though the extensions are already installed and still work
- Large logs from repeated crashes, extension host failures, or verbose startup tracing can quietly consume disk space while giving no benefit once the issue has been investigated
- Corrupted cached web assets can cause sign-in pages, Settings UI webviews, or marketplace-related panes to load incorrectly even though your actual account data remains intact
- Bloated cache folders increase profile size and can make roaming profiles, backups, and home-directory sync noticeably slower because VSCodium keeps rewriting temporary files
What gets cleaned
Cache paths Kudu targets
Windows
%AppData%/VSCodium/Cache/Cache_Data |
%AppData%/VSCodium/Code Cache |
%AppData%/VSCodium/GPUCache |
%AppData%/VSCodium/CachedData |
%AppData%/VSCodium/CachedExtensionVSIXs |
%AppData%/VSCodium/logs |
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/Cache/Cache_Data |
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/Code Cache |
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/GPUCache |
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/CachedData |
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/CachedExtensionVSIXs |
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/logs |
Linux
~/.config/VSCodium/Cache/Cache_Data |
~/.config/VSCodium/Code Cache |
~/.config/VSCodium/GPUCache |
~/.config/VSCodium/CachedData |
~/.config/VSCodium/CachedExtensionVSIXs |
~/.config/VSCodium/logs |
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