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Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk

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On 2015-01-17, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-17 15:06:16 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
>
>> On 2015-01-17, diceman <james.roberton@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just removed Google Chrome from my applications as it will soon stop
>>> receiving updates due to the hardware no longer being unsupported
>>> (I've an old 32 bit iMac).  (I've switched to Firefox now, and this
>>> works well, even allowing me to continue to use a webclipper for
>>> Evernote.)
>>> 
>>> When removing the app I quickly noted it was occupying 30 'whatever'
>>> bytes of disc space (I think I assumed it was Mb, right?).  Then when
>>> I right-clicked to empty my trash, it loaded up a long progress bar
>>> and very slowly ground it up.  I then knew I had made a request to
>>> delete a vast file, something I hadn't expected (it was the only item
>>> in the trash).  I checked my disc space and was amazed to have freed
>>> up 30Gb!!  Astonishing!  How has this happened?  I used to regularly
>>> clear the browsing history and cache (so far as I know, unless there
>>> is some hidden stuff I don't know about).  I think it was installed in
>>> 2010, and I clipped a lot of text content to Evernote, but the
>>> Evernote app only shows 200Mb usage and all content is still present
>>> after deleting Chrome.
>> 
>> Google Chrome keeps older versions of the application indefinitely. So
>> the longer you have had it installed, and the more updates that have
>> been applied to it, the more space it will consume:
>> 
>> <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120426095831578>
>
> I don't have that problem with Chrome. I have version 39.0.2171.99 
> installed and no others hidden away. The total file size is 375.8 MB.
> I only use Chrome as a host for the Hola VPN so I can access the BBC 
> iPlayer & content here in California. That works just fine for me.

Don't ask me. I'm just reporting what I've read in the past. Perhaps
this was a behavior that more recent versions do not exhibit due to a
bug fix, or perhaps a preference setting is able to prevent the buildup.
*shrug*

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JR

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Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk diceman <james.roberton@gmail.com> - 2015-01-17 04:34 -0800
  Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 15:06 +0000
    Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-01-17 12:45 -0800
      Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 21:48 +0000
    Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-01-17 18:21 -0500
      Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:21 +0000
        Re: Google Chrome takes 6 GB of my hard disk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:25 +0000

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