Excess .config files

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 9:19 PM MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> 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)?

...

>  ...what is the best
> way to clean up the mess of excessive .config files?
>

I just looked in one of my systems, and I clicked on
~/.config/google-chrome and saw 2.5GB. That IS a lot!

HOWEVER, rather than "going behind the back" of the application, maybe I'll
first try using the "approved" process for cleaning up...

open chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

and I select everything and ...
....
.... oops
....
.... forgetting I'm in GMAIL (which means I was suddenly signed out of
everything including Google "apps")

I had to log back in and find this message in Drafts.
Now that I'm logged back in I see there's still 1.1GB in there...

I think I will go through the items a bit more carefully. I use apps to
sync with my calendar, email, etc.
I see some additional profiles... some of which I might actually use
(Google Workspaces for a volunteer job, etc.)

Now Google is suggesting I need to go through a review of my privacy and
security... probably a good idea.
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