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| ====== Cleaning Up Application Data ====== | ====== Cleaning Up Application Data ====== | ||
| - | WinSCP allows you to easily clean up the data it have created on your computer. | + | WinSCP allows you to easily clean up the data it has created on your computer. You should do the clean up, when you have no session opened in WinSCP, and there is no other instance of WinSCP running. |
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| - | To open //Cleanup application data// dialog use //Tools// button on //[[ui_login_stored_sessions|Stored sessions tab]]// of Login dialog. Also during uninstallation you will be asked if you want to open the dialog. | + | To open //Cleanup application data// dialog go to //Tools > Clean Up// on [[ui_login|Login dialog]]. Also during [[installation#uninstalling|uninstallation]] you will be asked if you want to open the dialog. |
| - | In the list check the data you want to remove or use button //Un/check all// to select all data. | + | In the list check the data you want to remove or use button //Un/check all// to select all data. The list shows only data that exist. |
| ===== General Configuration ===== | ===== General Configuration ===== | ||
| - | General configuration includes [[ui_preferences|preferences]], layout and similar. This option removes only configuration stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. | + | The //General configuration// includes [[ui_preferences|preferences]], layout and similar. This option removes only configuration stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. |
| - | ===== Stored Sessions ===== | + | ===== Sites ===== |
| - | Stored sessions is a list of [[ui_login_stored_sessions|stored sessions]]. This option removes only sessions stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. | + | The //Sites// is a list of [[ui_login|sites]]. This option removes only sites stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. |
| - | ===== Cached Host Keys ===== | + | ===== [[caches]] Caches ===== |
| - | Cached host keys contains list of known SSH host keys. This option removes only keys stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. | + | The //Caches// option forgets all known [[ssh_verifying_the_host_key|SSH host keys]] and [[tls#certificate|TLS certificates]], [[ui_authenticate#authentication_banner|SSH authentication banners]] and clears all [[directory_cache|persistent remote directories caches]] and statistics. |
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| + | This option removes only caches stored in registry. If you use [[config|INI file]], check //Configuration INI file//. | ||
| ===== Configuration INI file ===== | ===== Configuration INI file ===== | ||
| - | Configuration INI file contains all above configuration if you use it instead of registry as [[config|configuration storage]]. | + | The //Configuration INI file// contains all above configuration if you use it instead of registry as [[config|configuration storage]]. |
| ===== Random Seed File ===== | ===== Random Seed File ===== | ||
| - | Random seed file contains some randomly generated data that are used on WinSCP startup to seed its encryption random number generator. | + | The //[[ui_pref_storage#other|Random seed file]]// contains some randomly generated data that are used on WinSCP startup to seed its encryption random number generator. |
| ===== Temporary Folders ===== | ===== Temporary Folders ===== | ||
| - | In some cases WinSCP needs to download remote files to some [[ui_pref_storage|temporary location]] on your computer. This includes, editing or opening remote file locally, downloading file using drag&drop without the [[dragext|shell extension]] and using local [[remote_command#custom_commands|custom command]] on remote file. Normally WinSCP removes the temporary files on its exit at the latest. When WinSCP is not closed correctly for whatever reason or it just cannot remove the files because they are still opened in an external aplication (text editor), the temporary files remain on your computer. | + | This option removes [[temp_folders|temporary folders]] created by WinSCP on your computer. |