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What are the following files and can they be removed?
- Thread starter Cymraeg
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Chromium is an open source browser that Google Chrome is based on.
https://www.chromium.org/Home
I presume that's the browser you're using? Yes, I think it's perfectly safe to clear its cache files.
https://www.chromium.org/Home
I presume that's the browser you're using? Yes, I think it's perfectly safe to clear its cache files.
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Sorry to be a bit of an idiot (I'm 71 years of age and not very computer literate). Yes, I do use Chrome, however I have been downloading some PDF files which have automatically stored in Downloads. The Chromium files are mixed in with these. Are these still cache files as a result of where they have stored themselves?
Thanks very much for replying.
John
Thanks very much for replying.
John
88keyplayer
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I use the Brave Browser because of privacy and don't like being used as a product.
Will Brave create these .org.chromium.Chromium files? I have 2 listed in my phone and have never seen them before today after using an Android File explorer app from Play.
Will Brave create these .org.chromium.Chromium files? I have 2 listed in my phone and have never seen them before today after using an Android File explorer app from Play.
First, a belated welcome to Android Forums, 88keyplayer! 
I rarely visit this board any more, so I didn't see your post until now.
I have several reasons, including the fact that you've never seen them before installing the FM app.
After reading this thread about a Linux program, Zulip Electron, creating large numbers of .org.chromium.Chromium.xxxxxx files on computers, I deduced that an Android app could do the same on an Android [Linux] device.
From that same thread I found that Opera browsers create those files, too. But, again, since you've been using your browser, Brave, before ever seeing these files, I don't think they're related.
On Linux computers, in the first person's case, they're stored in /tmp, which is a directory that's usually cleaned up by the system, including emptying it following its [very rare!] reboots.
If you can tell us where your files are located, that will help figure out what, if anything, to do about them.
I rarely visit this board any more, so I didn't see your post until now.I'm guessing that it's the file manager, not the browser, causing this.
I have several reasons, including the fact that you've never seen them before installing the FM app.
After reading this thread about a Linux program, Zulip Electron, creating large numbers of .org.chromium.Chromium.xxxxxx files on computers, I deduced that an Android app could do the same on an Android [Linux] device.
From that same thread I found that Opera browsers create those files, too. But, again, since you've been using your browser, Brave, before ever seeing these files, I don't think they're related.
On Linux computers, in the first person's case, they're stored in /tmp, which is a directory that's usually cleaned up by the system, including emptying it following its [very rare!] reboots.
If you can tell us where your files are located, that will help figure out what, if anything, to do about them.