topic Re: spotify desktop cache taking a lot on storage in Desktop (Windows)

spotify desktop cache taking a lot on storage

alebret3 — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:14:48 GMT

I've noticed for a while that spotify had at least 8GB of data cached on my main drive, i've tried telling it to use a folder in my second drive for caching to no avail, i resorted to denying access to the folder on my main drive, but this resulted in the music cuting out, so i re-enabled it, thing is my main drive is pretty stuffed and i'm trying to free up all the space i can, but when deleting this folder, it just repopulates.
this folder is located in:
C:/Users/*username*/AppData/Local/Packages/SpotifyABxxx/LocalCache/Spotify/Data

is there anyway to tell spotify to move this dat elsewhere?

Re: spotify desktop cache taking a lot on storage

goatpimp — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:29:09 GMT

Just delete it, there will be 2 folders in LocalCache\Spotify\ Browser and Data. Delete these, don't start the program yet.

After you deleted them go to \LocalState\Spotify there's a prefs file, open it with notepad and add this at the end storage.size=1024 now start the app.

Didn't test the storage.size thing yet, but it is supposed to keep your cache under 1 gig, no more slow start ups hopefully.

Re: spotify desktop cache taking a lot on storage

alebret3 — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:58:17 GMT

trying it right now, now all i have to do is wait until it fills up to 1GB

Re: spotify desktop cache taking a lot on storage

alebret3 — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:18:16 GMT

ok, it's working, only 1GB of storage taken