Bug 503792 - KDE Sweeper does not clear the cache of KDE Falkon browser
Summary: KDE Sweeper does not clear the cache of KDE Falkon browser
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: sweeper
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.04.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs
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Reported: 2025-05-05 11:33 UTC by kdmw.629
Modified: 2025-05-05 11:33 UTC (History)
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Description kdmw.629 2025-05-05 11:33:16 UTC 
SUMMARY
KDE Sweeper has an option to Clean the cookies, history and temporary cache of websites visited along with other options. However it does not clear the cache, history and cookies of KDE Falkon browser. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Launch Falkon browser. Visit a few websites like google.com, yahoo.com, outlook.com, gmail.com and log into a few sites.
2. Close the KDE Falkon browser 
3. Check the size of directory $HOME/.cache/falkon/ or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/falkon by running the following commands
     du -sm $HOME/.cache/falkon/
     du -sm $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/falkon
4. Launch KDE Sweeper application
5. Select all the options under the section "Web Browsing" 
6. Click on the "Clean Up" button. 

OBSERVED RESULT
The cache of the Falkon browser is not cleared. This can be checked by rerunning the commands given in the step number 3 above. 

EXPECTED RESULT
The cache of the Falkon browser should be cleared and the size of the falkon directory should go to zero or close to zero (1-2 MB). This can be checked by running the commands given in the step number 3 above. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: NA
macOS: NA
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.3.4
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0

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