A mobile client for Lemmy running on iOS and Android
It's that time again Lemmings.
Don't forget to clear your Liftoff cache. Liftoff currently doesn not have a auto clear cache feature.
For those who don't know how, Android instructions are below
Feel free to share your cache size and not compare our addictions.
Lolz, holy shit I needed this post, ducking community service here
Ok, I have a feature request...
Don't we all mate. There already is a GitHub issue for it.
11.8 Gigs. Thanks OP.
10.4 gig here. Holy shit.
I just love announcements with a meme 😂, makes my day 😂.
Wtf .. 16gb .. please prioritise that feature.
I had 27Gb damn...
8 gigs. Thanks for the reminder! Is this app still developed? I know that the developer got children and strives to continue, but sometimes life goes a different way. :)
Not even a user but thanks for this post. My Thunder was at 8.6GB, guess that one needs an auto clear too.
About the same size for my Thunder too.
21GB, thanks for the heads up! Didn't know this was a thing
1.67 gbs. Haven't cleared since last time this reminder was posted. Thanks again
6.27 Gb
Well, thanks very much! Just shy of 20GB!
3.3Gb, nice
Thanks OP! 10.5GB
15.69 nice.
I have Android 7, which doesn't have this feature ... do I need to clear the cache too? If so, does that mean I have to reinstall the app?
If you go into settings->applications->liftoff you should see it in there. Cache clearing has been around as long as I can remember
Thanks, I found it now, I was looking under the wrong part of the app's settings :-/
Cache clearing was a thing in 7
Settings -> Apps -> LiftOff -> Storage -> clear cache.
Thank you, I was looking at the wrong bit where it said permissions/storage. Turns out I had just shy of 8Gb there!
You guys Lemmy hard.
Thanks doe the reminder, didn't know about this! I had over 5 gig.
Only 2GB... Since android 14 update bricked my phone a couple of weeks ago.
Ah hello friend, I feel your pain 😢
Does it clear the cache whenever there's an update or something? Because mine only uses 60MB, an i never cleared it.
Maybe some optimisation by your phone? I've seen phones that suggest regularly cleaning unused files (xiaomi or huawei, not sure).
That might be it, I have a huawei.
6.7 Gb. I think I cleared it about a month ago
3.48 -- less than I expected honestly.
Holy crap I have 13.23 gigs. What is stored in the cache? Do I lose anything when I clear it?
When Liftoff loads a picture or video the file has to be stored somewhere on the device for it to be displayed. All that is stored in the Liftoff cache. You should not loose data by clearing your cache as the cache is suppose to be a temporary storage location.
If you have downloaded things from lemmy via liftoff those files will be unaffected as they are stored elsewhere.
Well... good to know! 7 gigs for me.
I know this is the community specifically for the Liftoff app, but thought I'd mention Eternity which I find to be quite a similar experience and has better cache handling - it has a configurable limit and sticks to it. So, if this functionality is important to you, it might be worth trying out an alternative until Liftoff has a solution.
Holy maccaroni
Hot damn man, thank you, doesn't exist some way to automate this every now and then?
Is this an issue for the iOS app as well? I'm guessing it's not, since mine is only using 80mb of space.
Yes, but there’s no way of manually clearing the cache. On iOS the app (if it’s in the App Store) must either manage the cache automatically or allow the user to set a cache size limit.
If it gets out of hand (see Settings/General/iPhone Storage) You’d need to uninstall the app, restart your phone and re-install.
