Excess .config files

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 07:16:36PM -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> My wife has over 21,000 files under .config, of which
> .config/google-chrome occupies a nice tidy little 1,238,508k.
> 
> How safe is it to delete the excess directories (and those which have
> been unused for a long time)?
> 
> Actually, I just looked and mine is over 1.8G.  Hmm...
> 
> I searched for this on the web, and it seems to be relatively
> comforting (the local .config files are for just the one user), but it
> seems to me that 21000+ is excessive - which ones (and how many)
> should be safe to remove?  Maybe a better question is what is the best
> way to clean up the mess of excessive .config files?
> 
Move those that you think are unnecessary to a temporary location and
use the system for a few days.  If you notice nothing amiss then
delete them.

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Chris Green