What Does Clear Download Cache Do?

[crux]

Will it uninstall all games that I have? Or what will it do?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

No, it won't uninstall your games.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by Lord MeatQuaad:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

No, it won't uninstall your games.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

That's funny, considering it just reset my download for killing floor 2, it was stuck on finalizing so the first google result said to clear download cache, now it's back down to 9% ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pissed. It took all night and all morning to even get to 99.

That game was still downloading, information was cache'd, you cleared the cache, poof the cached download information.

[Blargo]

Originally posted by Lord MeatQuaad:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

No, it won't uninstall your games.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

That's funny, considering it just reset my download for killing floor 2, it was stuck on finalizing so the first google result said to clear download cache, now it's back down to 9% ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pissed. It took all night and all morning to even get to 99.

"Won't uninstall your games" =/= "Won't cancel your downloads".

[Breadmold]

Originally posted by Lord MeatQuaad:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

No, it won't uninstall your games.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638

That's funny, considering it just reset my download for killing floor 2, it was stuck on finalizing so the first google result said to clear download cache, now it's back down to 9% ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pissed. It took all night and all morning to even get to 99.

and that's why I avoid downloading things through steam.

[walter]

will i lose all my data?

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by walter:

will i lose all my data?

As already stated, no.

All it does is clear ANYTHING you are currently downloading. Everything else is untouched.

It's unavoidable though if you have download issues.

[HulebaKK]

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[76561199230164090]

clear download cache steam How can I return it?

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by soskokx:

clear download cache steam How can I return it?

What do you mean? How do you do it?

Go to Steam settings > Downloads and you'll see thebutton from there.

If you mean "it's cleared my download queu and how do I bring that back". Well, you have to start your download again.

[Chao_Guy-X]

how long does my cache take?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Now I wonder if schools are still teaching computation in class...

[Cathulhu]

I'd love to see some common sense classes in schools, that is certainly lacking these days.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by ChaosTheBunny:

how long does my cache take?

Can you paraphrase this question in a way that makes sense? That's like asking "how long does my desktop take", that sentence makes grammatical sense, not a sliver of semantic sense.

[Bill]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.