Set a fixed cache size for Chromium and Firefox browsers

[amethyst]

For Chromium - Add the following to the starting command (Note that the size must be in bytes so for 50MB for example it should be 50000000 which is close enough):

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--disk-cache-size=DesiredMaxSize --media-cache-size=DesiredMaxSize

For Firefox - Follow the following procedure precisely:
1. type about:config in search bar > search for browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled and change value to false > close browser
2. restart browser > about:config > search for browser.cache.disk.capacity > specify your desired limit (it's in KB so 50000 will be close enough for 50MB for example) > close browser and restart.

[dancytron]

You can also set the location of the cache and user profile (Debian Dog path examples).

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-user-data-dir=/home/puppy/chrome/user --disk-cache-dir=/home/puppy/chrome/cache

[amethyst]

Changed topic title to include Firefox. See first post.

[sucuklu yumurta]

Hi, Please correct me if I am wrong
browser.cache.disk.capacity Firefox 92 default value 256000
I thought it was in mb, so I thought it was 256 mb, is it in kb ?
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orası kb cinsindenmiş, şimdi gördüm, hep mb sanıyordum

[amethyst]

Hi, Please correct me if I am wrong
browser.cache.disk.capacity Firefox 92 default value 256000
I thought it was in mb, so I thought it was 256 mb, is it in kb ?
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mb cinsinde olduğunu sanıyordum, orası kb cinsinden miydi ?

You need to specify the value in KB, 256000KB is about 256MB. If it was in MB, the default value specified there would have been 256 not 256000.