Activity › Forums › Adobe After Effects › Difference between “Empty Disk Cache” and “Clean Database & Cache”? Adobe After Effects Difference between “Empty Disk Cache” and “Clean Database & Cache”? Posted by Filip Stillerska on January 27, 2018 at 3:12 pm What’s the difference between “Empty Disk Cache” and “Clean Database & Cache”? Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 8 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies 3 Replies Jim Scott January 27, 2018 at 6:59 pm Maybe this will help: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using//memory-storage1.html Filip Stillerska April 13, 2018 at 5:30 pm To be honest with you, I still don’t understand the difference. Please help! Kalleheikki Kannisto April 15, 2018 at 7:03 am I’d say this is the key point there to explain the difference Clean Database & Cache: This command only removes files associated with footage items for which the source file is no longer available. Kalleheikki Kannisto Senior Graphic Designer Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up