Claude Code Weekly Cleanup

Performs maintenance cleanup of safe-to-delete Claude Code files.

What Gets Cleaned

Directory Purpose Safe to Delete

~/.claude/debug/*

Debug logs Yes

~/.claude/shell-snapshots/*

Shell state snapshots Yes

~/.claude/todos/*

Old todo list files Yes

Cleanup Process

• Show current disk usage before cleanup

• Remove safe-to-delete files

• Show disk usage after cleanup

• Report space freed

Execute Cleanup

Run these commands:

Show before size

echo "Before cleanup:" du -sh ~/.claude/

Clean safe directories

rm -rf ~/.claude/debug/* ~/.claude/shell-snapshots/* ~/.claude/todos/*

Show after size

echo "After cleanup:" du -sh ~/.claude/

What Is NOT Cleaned (Important Data)

• projects/

• Session data and history

• plugins/

• Installed plugins

• skills/

• Your custom skills

• history.jsonl

• Conversation history

• settings.json

• Your settings

• CLAUDE.md

• Global instructions