Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Clear Google Drive cache with these 3 tricks.
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Google Drive can quietly eat up tens of gigabytes of your Mac’s storage. The good news? You can fix that in just a few steps.

Step 1: Find the hidden cache folder
Quit Google Drive → open Finder → press Command + Shift + G → paste
~/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS

Open the folder with a long number (your account ID) → delete the content_cache folder.

Step 2: Keep it from piling up again
Use CleanMyMac to automatically clear cache and other hidden junk.
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Step 3: Clear browser cache
If you use Google Drive in your browser, clear its website data for smoother syncing.

How much space did your Drive cache take up? Let me know in the comments!


Contents:

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - What is Google Drive cache?
01:33 - How to clear Google Drive cache on your Mac
02:17 - The easiest way to get rid of cache
02:57 - How to clear cache in the browser
03:45 - Outro