How to clear the htmlcache and httpcache ?

[cool guy yooo :)]

Hi,

I notice steam keeps a lot of files inside C:\Program Files\Steam\config\htmlcache
And also inside C:\Program Files\Steam\appcache\httpcache\XX with XX numbers.
It's dozens of files, I guess for the browser embeded in the steam client.
Is there an option to remove those files ?
Are there any no bad effects to remove them ?
Or is there an option to have no cache in hard disk but have it only in memory like in firefox or set the maximum cache size ?

Thanks in advance

[spoof]

you can delete anything but the steam.exe and steam will work.
what steam needs it recreates or downloads.

[cool guy yooo :)]

Yes I tried it and it works.
But the problm is there an option to have 0 cache on disk, but only in memory, like for firefox ?

[spoof]

not that I know of.
see if there are any options on the valve developer page
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options

[cool guy yooo :)]

There is the option steam.exe -nocache
"This starts steam with no cache (Steam must be off for this to work properly). "
I dont know what this means...

[spoof]

just that you need to set it when steam is not running I think.

[cool guy yooo :)]

It doesn' work,
Still many folders and files created in C:\Program Files\Steam\appcache\httpcache\
and in C:\Program Files\Steam\config\htmlcache

[spoof]

yeah its about another cache but you played around with it :P

[cool guy yooo :)]

I dont understand ?

[spoof]

whats there to understand?

[cool guy yooo :)]

Which other cache and I played around with what ?

[spoof]

I told you the first time there is no way I know to achieve what you want.
it is for another cache dono witch just know it is not what you need/want.
and you played with it , playing is good for you.

google if you want to know more about it.

[󠀡󠀡]

I know this is a super old thread, but I have just learned of (what I know of at the moment to be) all of the places steam stores cookies.

The locations are as follows for a 64 bit computer:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Steam\htmlcache
C:\Program Files (86x)\Steam\appcache\httpcache

C:\Program Files (86x)\Steam\config\htmlcache

Files in blue I usually find empty.
I hope this helps.

[Dimwit [WN] / AlJabberwock]

@Blarg,

Just a note to say that the Appdata\Local\Steam location for those html files was a useful hint, and helped me improve the efficacy of squashing Steam related issues (even long after having solved whatever else was bedeviling customers with malware/adware/scumware 'suites'). My thanks, and I have assembled a more or less complete run down of how to do this on a few threads as a means of repayment/paying it forward.

Thank you, and know that many more will indirectly who will use that as part of their overall repair package. ~Al

[󠀡󠀡]

I'm not sure if you still are subbed to this thread, but I was just going to say that searching Appdata is one of the most important things you should do when you're trying to make sure that there is no program that is storing stuff you don't know about or when you're trying to delete ALL of a program manually. This also goes for cookie storage and other malware-related things. I should have said this a year ago.

[Creagal]

I wish i'd known about this before. My Steam client would not load and stayed in updating... or Installing update... forever. Some friends suggested uninstalling the steam client, when i did there were a gazillion files in the \Steam\appcache\httpcache folders, so the uninstall took forever. Wish i had just deleted those files instead of the uninstall. Maybe that'd have been faster.