Anthropic Adds Claude Desktop Tool to Review and Clear Local Storage

Anthropic has added a local storage tool to Claude’s desktop app, giving users a way to see how much disk space the app uses and clear inactive work. The tool covers Cowork tasks, Code sessions and unused worktrees.

Users can open it by entering /storage in the Cowork or Code tabs, or by going to Settings > Storage. The display separates usage across Cowork tasks, Code sessions, caches and the app’s core runtime. Users cannot remove the runtime.

Cowork tasks and Code sessions that have been inactive for at least 30 days can be cleared, along with their transcripts and outputs. The tool can also remove unused worktrees, which are additional working copies of a code project.

The feature requires Claude desktop version 3.1623.0 or later. It is available on macOS and Windows, while Linux support is in beta.