Apps
Zed Editor
Built on GPUI with a Rust core, Zed stores temporary disk data to speed up startup, workspace restoration, and rendering on macOS and Linux. Its cache directories can accumulate compiled shader artifacts, fetched web and image assets, session and workspace state, and other transient files, while log folders grow with crash reports and diagnostic traces. Kudu removes these rebuildable caches and logs so Zed can recreate fresh copies without touching projects, extensions, settings, accounts, or credentials.
Why clean Zed Editor?
- Stale GPU shader and rendering caches after a graphics driver or OS update can cause flickering text, black panes, or a slow first window draw until Zed recompiles them
- Corrupted workspace or session state can reopen the wrong files, restore broken pane layouts, or leave the app hanging on startup while it tries to recover old state
- Oversized cache folders filled with fetched assets and transient editor data waste disk space, which users usually notice as unexpectedly large dev.zed.Zed or ~/.cache/zed directories
- Old diagnostic logs and crash traces can grow for weeks during repeated extension or language-server failures, leaving Zed responsive enough to use but consuming far more storage than expected
- Invalidated caches after a Zed update can produce one unusually slow launch or delayed project restore, and clearing them forces a clean rebuild instead of repeatedly reusing bad artifacts
- Broken cached UI resources can lead to missing icons, blank onboarding or account panels, or partial interface rendering that disappears once temporary files are regenerated
What gets cleaned
Cache paths Kudu targets
macOS
~/Library/Caches/dev.zed.Zed |
~/Library/Logs/Zed |
Linux
~/.cache/zed |
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