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Reminder to clear your Liftoff cache (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 1 year ago by slazer2au@lemmy.world to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

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It's that time again Lemmings.

Don't forget to clear your Liftoff cache. Liftoff currently doesn not have a auto clear cache feature.

For those who don't know how, Android instructions are below

Long hold the Liftoff icon and select App Info
Select Storage and Cache
Press Clear Cache

Feel free to share your cache size and not compare our addictions.

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[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 37 points 1 year ago

Lolz, holy shit I needed this post, ducking community service here

[-] neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Ok, I have a feature request...

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Don't we all mate. There already is a GitHub issue for it.

https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/issues/408

[-] EternalNeophyte@lemmy.nz 21 points 1 year ago

11.8 Gigs. Thanks OP.

[-] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

10.4 gig here. Holy shit.

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 16 points 1 year ago

I just love announcements with a meme 😂, makes my day 😂.

[-] monkeytennis@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Wtf .. 16gb .. please prioritise that feature.

[-] BlessedDog@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I had 27Gb damn...

[-] NessD@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

8 gigs. Thanks for the reminder! Is this app still developed? I know that the developer got children and strives to continue, but sometimes life goes a different way. :)

[-] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Not even a user but thanks for this post. My Thunder was at 8.6GB, guess that one needs an auto clear too.

[-] Andvari@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

About the same size for my Thunder too.

[-] OldePetey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

21GB, thanks for the heads up! Didn't know this was a thing

[-] kogs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well, thanks very much! Just shy of 20GB!

[-] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

1.67 gbs. Haven't cleared since last time this reminder was posted. Thanks again

[-] kutsyk_alexander@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

6.27 Gb

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

3.3Gb, nice

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

You guys Lemmy hard.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I have Android 7, which doesn't have this feature ... do I need to clear the cache too? If so, does that mean I have to reinstall the app?

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you go into settings->applications->liftoff you should see it in there. Cache clearing has been around as long as I can remember

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I found it now, I was looking under the wrong part of the app's settings :-/

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Cache clearing was a thing in 7

Settings -> Apps -> LiftOff -> Storage -> clear cache.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I was looking at the wrong bit where it said permissions/storage. Turns out I had just shy of 8Gb there!

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks doe the reminder, didn't know about this! I had over 5 gig.

[-] kaktus@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Does it clear the cache whenever there's an update or something? Because mine only uses 60MB, an i never cleared it.

[-] cron@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe some optimisation by your phone? I've seen phones that suggest regularly cleaning unused files (xiaomi or huawei, not sure).

[-] kaktus@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

That might be it, I have a huawei.

[-] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Only 2GB... Since android 14 update bricked my phone a couple of weeks ago.

[-] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Ah hello friend, I feel your pain 😢

[-] sep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks OP! 10.5GB

[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

15.69 nice.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Well... good to know! 7 gigs for me.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

6.7 Gb. I think I cleared it about a month ago

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

3.48 -- less than I expected honestly.

[-] Telcontar@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

Holy crap I have 13.23 gigs. What is stored in the cache? Do I lose anything when I clear it?

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

When Liftoff loads a picture or video the file has to be stored somewhere on the device for it to be displayed. All that is stored in the Liftoff cache. You should not loose data by clearing your cache as the cache is suppose to be a temporary storage location.

If you have downloaded things from lemmy via liftoff those files will be unaffected as they are stored elsewhere.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

9Gb for October

[-] BraveLittleToaster@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

NINE GIGS??!!

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[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I know this is the community specifically for the Liftoff app, but thought I'd mention Eternity which I find to be quite a similar experience and has better cache handling - it has a configurable limit and sticks to it. So, if this functionality is important to you, it might be worth trying out an alternative until Liftoff has a solution.