# Browser Heavy Cleanup

> Aggressive cleanup when disk space is critical. Use when disk usage exceeds 10GB, the user reports a slow IDE or crash, before starting a long browser-heavy task, or when the user says "clean browser" or similar. Kills ALL browser processes, deletes ALL recordings and screenshots across ALL conversations, and purges caches.

- Skill: `giauphan/browser-heavy-cleanup` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add giauphan/browser-heavy-cleanup`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/giauphan/browser-heavy-cleanup/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- License: MIT
- Author: giauphan (https://skillmd.com/u/giauphan)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/giauphan/browser-heavy-cleanup

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# Browser Heavy Cleanup

## When to Use

- Disk usage > 10GB in artifacts directory
- User reports slow IDE or crash
- Before starting a long browser-heavy task
- Manual trigger: user says "clean browser" or similar
- Too many files accumulating across conversations

## Step 1: Kill ALL Browser Processes

```bash
echo "=== Killing ALL browser processes ==="
pkill -9 -f "chromium" 2>/dev/null || true
pkill -9 -f "chrome.*remote-debugging" 2>/dev/null || true
pkill -9 -f "chrome.*--automation" 2>/dev/null || true
pkill -9 -f "chrome.*--headless" 2>/dev/null || true
sleep 1
echo "Remaining chrome processes: $(pgrep -c -f 'chromium|chrome' 2>/dev/null || echo '0')"
```

## Step 2: Delete ALL Recordings (All Conversations)

```bash
echo "=== Deleting ALL .webp recordings ==="
BEFORE=$(du -sh ~/.gemini/antigravity 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name "*.webp" -delete 2>/dev/null
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name "*.webp.gz" -delete 2>/dev/null
echo "Before: $BEFORE"
echo "After:  $(du -sh ~/.gemini/antigravity 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)"
```

## Step 3: Remove ALL Screenshots & Temp Media (All Conversations)

```bash
echo "=== Removing ALL screenshots and temp media ==="
# Delete all PNGs across all conversations
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name "*.png" -delete 2>/dev/null
# Delete all .tempmediaStorage directories
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -type d -name ".tempmediaStorage" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null
# Delete all click_feedback directories
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -type d -name "click_feedback" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null
echo "Done. Remaining PNGs: $(find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name '*.png' 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
```

## Step 3.5: Clean Loop Breaker & Checkpoint Tracking Files

```bash
echo "=== Removing tracking files ==="
# Delete action history logs (from browser-loop-breaker)
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name "action_history.jsonl" -delete 2>/dev/null
# Delete checkpoint state files (from browser-checkpoint-manager)
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name "checkpoint_state.md" -delete 2>/dev/null
# Delete DOM state directories
find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -type d -name "dom_states" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null
echo "✅ Tracking files cleaned"
```

## Step 4: Clear Browser Caches

```bash
echo "=== Clearing browser caches ==="
rm -rf ~/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-*/Cache 2>/dev/null
rm -rf /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.* 2>/dev/null
rm -rf /tmp/puppeteer_dev_chrome_profile-* 2>/dev/null
echo "✅ Browser caches cleared"
```

## Step 5: Final Report

```bash
echo ""
echo "========================================="
echo "  🔥 HEAVY CLEANUP COMPLETE"
echo "========================================="
echo "Artifacts dir:  $(du -sh ~/.gemini/antigravity 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 || echo 'N/A')"
echo "Total PNGs:     $(find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name '*.png' 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "Total WebPs:    $(find ~/.gemini/antigravity/brain -name '*.webp' 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "Chrome procs:   $(pgrep -c -f 'chromium|chrome' 2>/dev/null || echo '0')"
echo "Available RAM:  $(free -h | awk '/Mem:/ {print $7}')"
echo "Available Disk: $(df -h . | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}')"
echo "========================================="
```