Your pCloud Drive cache is stored in different places on different operating systems: Cached versions of files are kept until the overall cache size is reached – and when it is, the newer files overwrite the older ones of the cache (please note that this does not impact the actual files in the cloud but just their cached versions!). That depends on how actively you use your pCloud Drive app. Again, we recommend that you don’t go lower than 5,120 MB.

If you work with large files, you may even want to increase the cache size but if you operate with small files – say, text documents or smaller photos, you may decrease the value of this setting.

Keep in mind that the size of the files you work with is a factor here. If you need, you can change that setting to a lower or larger value from the pCloud Drive settings. The minimum cache space we recommend for pCloud Drive is 5,120 MB – this is the cache size, at which your app will maintain its optimal performance. No cache is used when you use the web version of pCloud, my. The cache is only utilized for uploading and downloading files to and from pCloud Drive – but not when you’re syncing files or folders. Your pCloud Drive desktop app utilizes the cache so it can perform faster and better. Yes (but you already knew that from the example above, didn’t you).

In other words, the cache helps your computer remember a certain task rather than learn to perform it every time if needs to perform the same task. This happens because the file is cached on your local machine and doesn’t need to downloaded from the cloud again. You double-click the file and it opens immediately. You then close the file but remember you forgot to make an edit in it, so you need to open it again. It takes some short amount of time for the file to reach your computer from the cloud (most often, that time is just a second or two but can be longer for very large files). The file is not stored locally – it’s kept in the cloud. Let’s give you an example: you open a file from your pCloud Drive. The purpose of using a cache is so data can be served faster. In computing, the cache is a place to store something temporarily. In this short article, we’ll try to explain this in simple terms and address the most frequently asked questions about it. Often, we get asked what is a cache and how does it work. What is the “Minimum Disk Space” setting?.

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