wete
February 26, 2026, 6:06am
1
Where are the Brave regular cache files (image, html page caches) located on Linux? I can’t seem to find the location. I can only find GPU/shader/dictionary caches.
$ find .config/BraveSoftware/ -iname “*cache*”
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/component_crx_cache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/DawnWebGPUCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Shared Dictionary/cache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/DawnGraphiteCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/GPUCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/GraphiteDawnCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/GrShaderCache
.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/extensions_crx_cache
I installed Brave browser for Linux on a Debian 13 system using the .zip installer (brave-browser-1.87.191-linux-amd64.zip) from GitHub
289wk
February 27, 2026, 9:17am
2
@wete
Hmm . . . Brave Browser (MacOS):
/Users/username/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware/
/Users/username/Library/Caches/com.brave.Browser/
Brave Browser (Linux OS) should be, for HTTP cache:
~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Cache~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Profile 1/Cache~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Profile 2/Cache
Maybe something like → According to Perplexity.ai, Flatpak apps are sandboxed, so Brave’s data lives under ~/.var:
~/.var/app/com.brave.Browser/config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Cache – main cache
Check for alternate paths that some systems use, such as:
~/.config/brave~/.local/share/brave/Brave-browser
Try: Create a new Brave Browser user Profile (Menu --> More tools --> Add profile) . . . visit some sites . . . then see what shows.
wete
March 4, 2026, 4:21am
3
I am not using the Flatpak but the .zip installer. My user folder is correctly located at .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/ as shown in my original post. Can someone with Brave on Linux confirm the cache folder location?