SK07 11 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Hi All, I am a premium user using EN for mac (v10.5). The "resource-cache" folder is taking large amount of space. Is it fine to delete this folder? Will it cause any data loss? Link to comment
MikeMcGarry 1 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I also have this problem with Evernote taking up over 17GB of space across Application Support > Evernote > resource-cache Containers > com.evernote.Evernote I've uninstalled Evernote and deleted the folders. Afre re-installing Evernote and giving it a couple of hours to sync the folder in "Containers" did NOT re-appear and then "resource-cache" folder has re-appeared and is at 2.2GB. So saved ~15GB, will see how this changes over time as I use Evernote Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted May 7, 2021 Level 5* Share Posted May 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, MikeMcGarry said: Application Support > Evernote > resource-cache This folder is used for offline access It's optional - disable it in Preferences > Save Data at Log Out Link to comment
MikeMcGarry 1 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Thanks DTLow, I also have an update in that the folder is now at 8.7GB. Link to comment
Evemy 0 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Hey! I'm having a similar problem. I upload a lot of things to evernote and I've found the resource-cache folder is taking up way too much space. If left untouched, it will fill up my entire hard drive (around 200-300gbs in the resource-cache folder). Is it trying downloading all my notes into the folder?? "It's optional - disable it in Preferences > Save Data at Log Out" I tried this, and the cache folder still gets massive. I've tried unistalling & reinstalling evernote, still no luck though. Is there anything I can try apart from unticking the new "Keep a copy of my notes on this device at sign-out" option? Thanks a lot! Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,777 Posted August 11, 2022 Level 5 Share Posted August 11, 2022 When you uninstall moving an app (any app) to the Trash, the data will not be removed. For a full uninstall download and use the app AppCleaner, and make sure all components are selected in the removal window. EN will download your data again - keep the option about the local copy unticked. Or move the local database to another drive. You need to use symbolic links (symlink) to achieve this. Link to comment
Andrew Liew 0 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Thanks DTLow, I untick the "keep a copy of mynotes on this device at sign-out" then i log out from evernote.. then it clear the 18GB of the resource-cache folder!! --- is 10kb then i just need to login again.. now the folder is 50MB... one day later is 3.8GB Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,777 Posted January 17, 2023 Level 5 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Sure, first it dropped the offline content. Now since the „Keep a copy …“ is likely switched on again, it will download the full content of your account to the local drive again. If you think you don’t want it, start using the web client, and uninstall the desktop client. You loose some features, but since they rely on having local data, you can’t have one without the other. Link to comment
Andrew Liew 0 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 6:19 AM, PinkElephant said: Sure, first it dropped the offline content. Now since the „Keep a copy …“ is likely switched on again, it will download the full content of your account to the local drive again. If you think you don’t want it, start using the web client, and uninstall the desktop client. You loose some features, but since they rely on having local data, you can’t have one without the other. yes .. after few days it is back to 18GB again... and redo the whole process every few days .. logout .. login .. 18GB -- 0GB -- 18GB --.... =( Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,777 Posted February 4, 2023 Level 5 Share Posted February 4, 2023 This makes NO sense at all. The desktop client is BUILD to use a local database. It will fall back to online, but it will try to rebuild the local database. Unless the local database exists, the client will not perform properly. Your 3 options: Uninstall the desktop client, switch to the web client. If drive space is your problem, install the local database on a different drive. You need to use Symlinks to do so, EN itself doesn’t have the option. Accept the local database as and where it is. Only remove it if there are signs it might be corrupted, and see it is rebuild after. Link to comment
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