jabbalaci / vs-code-workspacestorage-cleaner

Delete VS Code workspaceStorage cache folders that are older than 60 days

VS Code workspaceStorage Cleaner

Problem

It is a well-known problem with VS Code that the workspaceStorage cache folder can grow really big (easily 10+ GB).

How to keep its size acceptable?

Solution

This folder is located at ~/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage (under Linux). It's a good idea to move it somewhere else (e.g. on an external hard drive) and put a symbolic link on it. This way it's out of your HOME directory.

But, the problem is still there: this folder can grow really big if you use VS Code extensively. In this case, you can use this script. It checks the date of the last modification of each cache folder and if they are too old, then they are deleted.

(These are cache folders, so even if you delete one by accident, VS Code can re-create it.)

Usage

• Put this script in the folder ~/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage (under Linux).
• Modify LIMIT as you wish.
• Leave DRY_RUN = True and execute it.
• If the output is OK and you want to get rid of the old folders, set DRY_RUN = False and re-execute the script. This time the old folders will be deleted.