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Invalidate caches

Last modified: 11 September 2023

PyCharm caches a great number of files for all projects that you have ever worked with in this IDE version, therefore, the system cache may become overloaded. Sometimes the caches will never be needed again, for example, if you work with frequent short-term projects.

When you invalidate the cache, PyCharm removes the cache files for all projects ever run in the current version of the IDE. The files will be recreated the next time you open these projects.

For more information about storage of various user-specific files, refer to Directories used by the IDE.