AI Cache Cleaner
A VSCode extension to visualize and clean cache from AI coding tools
🎯 Features
- 🔍 Auto-detect AI Tools - Automatically finds Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot, and more
- 🔎 Dynamic Search - Search for any AI tool by name with progress indicator
- 🛡️ Safety Levels - Scientific classification (Safe/Caution/Danger) with hover tooltips
- ⚙️ Customizable - Click to change safety levels, persisted across sessions
- 🌙 Dark Mode - Beautiful OLED-friendly dark theme
- 📊 Size Visualization - See storage usage at a glance
- 📌 Activity Bar - One-click access from the sidebar
📸 Screenshots

📖 Usage
- Click the AI Cache Cleaner icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar)
- Or press
Cmd+Shift+P (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
- Type "AI Cache Cleaner: Open Dashboard"
- Select directories to clean and click Delete Selected
Safety Levels
| Level |
Meaning |
Action |
| 🟢 Safe |
Temporary data, auto-regenerates |
Can delete freely |
| 🟡 Caution |
May contain user data |
Review before deleting |
| 🔴 Danger |
Critical for functionality |
Deletion blocked |
Customizing Safety Levels
- Hover on a safety badge to see the scientific criteria
- Click on a badge to change its level
- Custom levels are persisted across sessions
- Use Reset to Default to restore original levels
| Tool |
Detected Locations |
| Claude Code |
~/.claude/, ~/Library/Caches/claude-cli-nodejs |
| Gemini/Antigravity |
~/.gemini/ |
| Cursor |
~/.cursor/, ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor |
| GitHub Copilot |
~/.config/github-copilot |
| Codeium |
~/.codeium/ |
| Continue |
~/.continue/ |
| Tabnine |
~/.tabnine/ |
| Amazon CodeWhisperer |
~/.aws/codewhisperer |
| Sourcegraph Cody |
~/.cody/ |
| Windsurf |
~/.windsurf/ |
📄 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
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