Is it safe to delete ~/.cache/puppeteer?

Rebuildable. Your tools make it again on their own. The cost is a slower next run.

What it is
Puppeteer's own private copy of the Chrome browser, downloaded so it can automate a browser without depending on one already being installed. Puppeteer's documentation states browsers are cached at exactly this path since v19.0.0.
Made by
Puppeteer
If you remove it
Puppeteer re-downloads its private copy of Chrome the next time a project needs it, which requires an internet connection and can take several minutes. Until that download finishes, anything using Puppeteer fails to launch a browser. Check this folder's size in Spaceific to see how much has to come down again.
How it comes back
Run: npx puppeteer browsers installnpx puppeteer browsers install

The tool's own commands

  • npx @puppeteer/browsers clear“To clear all installed browsers, use the clear command.” Puppeteer “stores browsers in ~/.cache/puppeteer”.From pptr.dev/browsers-api, read 3 Nov 2026.

The proof

Verified by
vendor documentation
Checked on
macOS 26.6.2, Chrome for Testing 150.0.7871.24
Catalogue
Spaceific's rules.json 1.2.0, 2 Nov 2026. The whole file.

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