Is it safe to delete ~/.codeium?

Review first. Likely recoverable, but it costs you something to get back. Read before you move it.

What it is
  • Windsurf's documentation does not describe this folder as a whole: it names ~/.codeium for a global ignore file (“placing a global .codeiumignore file in the ~/.codeium/ folder”) and ~/.codeium/windsurf/cascade for chat history.
  • On the Mac this rule was checked on, it held a browser download folder, ws-browser (Chromium builds, 477 MB), a small database folder, an installation id file and empty folders, and no windsurf folder.
Made by
Windsurf, formerly Codeium
If you remove it
  • Spaceific cannot say exactly what removing it does: its vendor does not describe this folder.
  • Anything Windsurf or a Codeium extension keeps here goes with it; Windsurf's documentation says deleting its chat-history folder in here removes conversation history and local settings.
How it comes back

Put Back from Cleanup History while it is in the Trash. Spaceific does not know whether Windsurf recreates anything in it.

The proof

Verified by
Checked on
macOS 26.6.2
Catalogue
Spaceific's rules.json 1.5.0, 10 Nov 2026. The whole file.

Related

Spaceific shows this rule for this folder in the app, checks it again at the moment you act, and moves only to the Trash, with Put Back. What Spaceific is.