How to clear the FileMaker cache

Clearing the FileMaker Cache on macOS

• Close down FileMaker; again, we want to make sure things are nice and clean for when we clear things out
• Open up Finder
• In the “Go” > “Go to Folder…” menu, navigate to the “~/Library/Caches” folder
• Find the appropriate FileMaker folder (this will be either “com.filemaker.client.advanced12” or “com.filemaker.client.pro12”) and open it
• Select all contents of the folder and move them to the Trash
• Find the second FileMaker folder (just titled “FileMaker”) and open it
• Select all contents of the second folder and move them to the Trash
• Clear the Trash
• Restart your computer

Clearing the FileMaker Cache on Windows

• Close down FileMaker; you’ll want to make sure it’s completely off so that Windows can do what it needs to do
• Open up Windows Explorer (or “File Explorer”)
• In the Navigation bar, navigate to “%localappdata%\Temp”
• Open the “FileMaker” folder
• Select all subfolders (you’ll find such gems as “ContainerCache”, “DBCache”, “DBFileThumbnails”, and “QuickStart”; you can choose any or all of them to remove)
• Delete the selected folders
• Re-open FileMaker