Photo & Design
Clear Krita Cache on Mac
Clearing the Krita folder means losing every custom brush, resource bundle and workspace you have set up, because the app keeps them together in one place. Only do it if you accept that reset, and check for a reset option inside the app first.
Clear the Krita cache without guessing
Krita data usually takes 500 MB – 10 GB on a Mac. The free scan shows the exact size on your Mac before you change anything.
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- Krita
- Typical data size
- 500 MB – 10 GB
- Category
- Photo & Design
- File Location
~/Library/Application Support/krita
Krita cache folders you can clear
Krita has no separate cache folder. Its folders hold settings and your own data, so there is nothing to clear safely by hand.
What the Krita folder holds and when clearing helps
Specific to Krita
The folder at ~/Library/Application Support/krita holds brushes, resource bundles, workspaces and session data. It is your own data, not disposable cache, and its size usually falls between 500 MB – 10 GB, which is why it looks like the obvious place to free space. Clearing it mainly helps when the app misbehaves and you have no other fix. Because all custom resources sit in this one folder, you reset all of them at once, not just a single broken brush.
What changes after you clear the Krita folder
After clearing, the app starts with its default brushes, bundles and workspaces, and any custom ones you made are gone unless you saved a copy elsewhere. Your saved documents stay where you chose to save them, because they are not in this folder. Deleting the app itself does not remove this folder or your documents, so reinstalling is not needed to free that space. Move the folder to the Trash rather than emptying it straight away, since Trash items can be restored until it is emptied.
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