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
- vendor documentation: Windsurf (now Devin Desktop), “Ignore files” (https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/context-awareness/windsurf-ignore), “placing a global .codeiumignore file in the ~/.codeium/ folder”; “Common issues” (https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/troubleshooting/windsurf-common-issues), “Warning: deleting these folders will remove your conversation history and local settings!”; both read 9 Nov 2026.
- What it holds was read by name, size and type only on 6 Nov 2026 (Step R-0); no file in it was opened; Windsurf was not installed on that Mac.
- Checked on
- macOS 26.6.2
- Catalogue
- Spaceific's rules.json 1.5.0, 10 Nov 2026. The whole file.
Related
- Gemini CLI and Antigravity
~/.gemini - Codex
~/.codex - Antigravity IDE
~/.antigravity-ide - Cursor
~/.cursorNo rule yet - Copilot
~/.copilotNo rule yet - Antigravity
~/.antigravityNo rule yet - Cagent
~/.cagentNo rule yet - Every rule
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.