updates cache directory cleanup
Question
Hello there!
I’ve noticed that update caches are stored in /Users/{user}/Library/Caches/app.yaak.desktop/updates and Yaak doesn’t seem to have any “Clear Cache” option in the UI.
That made me wonder about two things:
- Is it safe to delete files from this directory?
- Is it expected that these files remain there even after the update is installed?
┌ Users/user/Library/Caches/app.yaak.desktop/updates (14 visible, 14 total, 902.80 MB) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── . = o|.. = u ── ⇊ = Ctrl+d|↓ = j|⇈ = Ctrl+u|↑ = k ┐
│ 68.79 MB | 7.6% ▊ | yaak-2026.3.1-5b5e4e3014fab0c2108061663be8368a █
│ 68.76 MB | 7.6% ▊ | yaak-2026.2.4-99d7b564d060b91d4c3ac762ef807252 █
│ 68.25 MB | 7.6% ▊ | yaak-2026.2.1-a8588b82cb48b439c7179fa29540466b █
│ 68.21 MB | 7.6% ▊ | yaak-2026.2.0-9e6fd9f06babaa61e40b61770031948c █
│ 67.94 MB | 7.5% ▊ | yaak-2026.1.0-946e094c9511994cf494aa2f4dfdcad3 █
│ 67.92 MB | 7.5% ▊ | yaak-2026.1.2-b3aa85d4a0e28ae0696bf7df7b4fc464 █
│ 65.74 MB | 7.3% ▊ | yaak-2025.9.3-e9db190ae524e955c9cb1e4a40fc68a9 █
│ 64.08 MB | 7.1% ▊ | yaak-2025.9.0-fda2209aba0209e1fee99f27cd10b9b1 █
│ 64.08 MB | 7.1% ▊ | yaak-2025.9.1-dee875bc9ad87f712288d1058af86b1b █
│ 59.85 MB | 6.6% ▋ | yaak-2025.7.3-5853c47f88d4bc693fb5e44d2e906ec6 █
│ 59.84 MB | 6.6% ▋ | yaak-2025.7.1-98eff6012e8133cb281d819a34689379 █
│ 59.84 MB | 6.6% ▋ | yaak-2025.7.2-3896c71acee79d7245fb06c4410ffd32 █
│ 59.75 MB | 6.6% ▋ | yaak-2025.8.2-30fda8d43999f33ef392fa9913c2cd81 █
│ 59.75 MB | 6.6% ▋ | yaak-2025.8.1-a39b93a1a467e019e124f3373d24164c
macOS2026.3.1
Fix will be included in the next release. I updated the code to clear the
updatesdirectory after a successful update.Yaak downloads updates in the background and puts them here. They are all safe to delete. The OS will clean it automatically when disk space is low.
Nevertheless, I’ll fix it so this doesn’t happen.