Clear third-party application data
- Linux only
- Multiple actions
- Impact: Safe
- Bash (Shell script)
- 22 scripts
- 7 categories
- Sudo/root required
- Irreversible
Overview
Scripts in this category clear data for third-party applications installed on the operating system. Third-party applications are not typically distributed as part of the operating system and are installed separately.
Tips & Tricks
- Some safely recommended scripts.
- Some potentially dangerous scripts only recommended if you understand them.
- Some dangerous scripts that are discouraged for non-advanced users.
This script is irreversible, meaning there is no straightforward method to restore changes once applied.
This script provides different options with different impact:
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Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Standard
- Strict
- All
Recommended Protection
- Recommended for all
- Safe for daily use without compromising functionality
- No impact on important features or system stability
Privacy-Focused Protection
- Advanced privacy protection for security-conscious users
- May affect some non-essential features and services
Maximum Protection
- It provides military-grade privacy, for special use-cases.
- Not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.
- Do not run it without having system backup.
How to download and run
- Download the script file by clicking on the button above. Use button above to restore changes.
- If warned by your browser, keep the file.
- Open the downloaded file.
- Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
- Restart your computer for all changes to take affect.
Apply with privacy.sexy
Guided, automated application with safety checksHow to use privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily with optionally more advanced options.
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The guide below works together with this guide to protect your privacy.
This action belongs to Privacy cleanup. These scripts allow you to increase privacy by deleting collected data about you and your behavior. Read more on category page ▶
Explore This Guide
- 22 Privacy settings
- 4 Main categories
- 7 Total categories
Choose what to protect based on your needs:
Clear privacy.sexy data
This category offers scripts to remove data left by the privacy.sexy desktop application, helping you ensure your privacy by eliminating all traces of use. The web application version of privacy.sexy does not create or store user data on your device, so this category is applicable to desktop application users only. These scripts are designed for anyone wanting to ensure their script activities leave no trace on their systems.
Clear Wine data
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications. See also: Wine Homepage.
Clear Thunderbird data
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client, personal information manager, news client, RSS and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. See also: Thunderbird Homepage | thunderbird.net. Read about the files and folders in the profile folder in depth: [Files and folders in the profile - Thunderbird | kb.mozillazine.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20221029140819/https://kb.mozil...
Clear data from development tools
This category includes tools that are typically used by developers, also known as "developer tools". These tools allow a developer to create, test, and debug software. Their data may leak data about the developer, their usage patterns, the environment used for development or the developed project.
Clear Steam cache
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront by Valve. Clearing Steam cache is safe without any side effects. This may resolve issues with Steam and help you save space and increase privacy, but may lead to a single-time application performance decrease due to cache renewal. See also: Steam Homepage
Clear Clementine cache
Clementine is a free and open-source audio player. Cover art, moodbar, and network cache are all part of Clementine cache. Clementine cache is kept in the global XDG spec ("~/.cache") folder. See also: Clementine Homepage
Clear LibreOffice usage history
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). "registrymodifications.xcu" is an XML file that contains the user-specified settings. It is found inside the user settings directory ("~/.config/libreoffice/4/user"). It includes thumbnails generated, and a recent document list. See also: LibreOffice Homepage.