Hi!
How can i clean the temp files of my Portable apps programs. Or is there any quick way to clean config files of portable apps?
Is it enough to remove everything inside PortableApps\AppName\Data directory?
Thanks...
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If you delete contents of the data folders, the all data and all personal setting will be lost. Even extensions installed in browser , your mails, your collected addresses, your collection of bookmarks and what ever more.
This can be done, but similar effect would be to format the drive and install all apps new.
The apps do not collect any kind of garbage otherwise so I am not sure what you are actually after.
Pls explain little bit what is your aim.
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
If someone wrote a cleaner for bleachbit, it would be possible.
@ottosykora if exist bleachbit to clean firefox, chrome temp files , why I can not clean portable firefox temp files?
@Gord Caswell is it do you think the same think? Bleachbit would also clean it's own files, if it creates temp files.
I just ask is there any way to clean temp files from portable apps? what is the problem?
It cleans Firefox on a host computer because there is data that tells the program where Firefox is on the host computer. Without anything telling it where Firefox portable is, it doesn't know where it is and thus can't clean it.
Yes that's true. At least now i'm sure that it is safe to remove "data" folder.
Thank you!
That's where ALL your settings are saved. Only delete Data if you want to run the application with no settings the next time you run it.
you still did not tell us what do want 'clean' ?? And why?
They are no temp files , no cache or similar involved in portable firefox, so what exactly do you want clean or remove?
In the local installed firefox for example, one can have some program to wipe the folders where cache is stored etc, but there is no cache in portable firefox, unless someone deliberately enabled it (but why?)
To clean cookies , just set to clean them in firefox itself.
To clean history , set it in firefox itself.
If you want clean all bookmarks you produced during your session, then why to crate them in first place?
What else do you want to clean exactly?
If you know this, the there is no problem to set up ccleaner portable or similar to clean it, but one has to know exactly what to clean.
As they are no temp files, I did not understand what you want clean?
Data folder contains your settings and personal data. You can delete the content of that folder but then you will loose all extensions, your bookmarks and all your settings and data.
What is the purpose of such doing? Can you explain little bit?
Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland
I research and i read your text. I understand better now...
Thank you!
As ottosykora mentioned, you can manage cookies and bookmarks in your browsers, or delete them altogether from within your browser.
But that's pretty much it. There are no "%TEMP%" files for any portable apps, as any of them that exist are deleted when you close the app.
And 98% of our official apps don't even create "temporary" files in the first place, so there is nothing to clean.
In short, you don't need to worry about "cleaning" your apps at all. They are all portable and USB optimized already--that's one of the beauties of portable apps--install them and don't worry about them.