This is useful if you want to test things like extensions, or troubleshoot problems in Chrome without messing up your main profile. If you really want to get your hands dirty, you can set up multiple profiles with different browser settings, bookmarks, extensions, apps, and saved passwords. The next time you start Chrome, a new data folder will be created with a fresh default profile. You can completely reset Google Chrome by deleting (or renaming or moving) the data (User Data, Chrome, or google-chrome) folder.
To back up your profile(s), copy the Default profile folder and any numbered Profile folders in the UserData folder on Windows, the Chrome folder on Mac OS X El Capitan, or the google-chrome folder in Linux to an external hard drive or a cloud service. RELATED: Everything You Need to Know About Google Chrome's Profile Switcher
Highlight the temporary files you want to deletemove the selected files to Trash. How to Find Your Firefox Profile Folder on Windows, Mac, and Linux Lori Kaufman Shes been a senior technical writer, worked as a programmer, and has even run her own multi-location business. Open Finder in the menu bar click on GoGo to Foldertype in /Library/Caches/ 3. Stephen, if you have a MAC, create a smart object, open it then run this code to check the path: alert (activeDocument.path) Once you get the path, you should be able to replace the first part of the path with the to direct it to the users personal folder, where I believe the temp folders are located. To find and delete temporary files on your Mac: 1. It’s called the Caches folder and contains all temporary files along with the cached ones. You can select the path and copy it and paste it into File Explorer in Windows, the Finder on OS X, or into a file manager like Nautilus in Linux to access that folder. Let’s locate the folder with temporary files on your Mac.
For example, the location of my “Work” profile in Windows 10 is actually C:\Users\Lori\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 3. But don’t worry In this article, we will explain the Mac folder structure in detail: what files the Home folder stores, how to rename the Home folder, and give you some tips on how to make your experience with Mac easy and enjoyable. The “Profile Path” shows the location of the current profile. If you are new to Mac, it may be difficult to understand how the macOS file system is organized and what a Home folder on Mac is. In the Chrome window showing the profile on the name button that you want to find, enter chrome://version in the address bar and press Enter. Each time you switch profiles, a new Chrome window opens using that profile. If you need to edit one of your other profiles, you can figure out its folder name quite simply. Everybody knows the TEMP folder located in C:My DocumentsLocal SettingsTEMP Well I need to know if I can delete the whole of it (since it takes like over 7 GB's) or only specific large files.