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OS: Chrome
Pri: 3
Type: Feature



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Freeing disk space should not clear Download directories.

Project Member Reported by tnagel@chromium.org, Mar 10 2016

Issue description

In the first stage, freeing up space should be fully transparent (eg. deleting logs, removing cache files, etc.). If necessary, the second stage should kick in and delete LRU users wholesale. The current process of partly deleting users (eg. clearing their Download folders) is hard to communicate and erodes user trust. 
 
Cc: dhadd...@chromium.org
Labels: -Type-Bug Type-Feature
Status: Assigned (was: Untriaged)
Please prioritize and assign.

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Cc: cyrusm@chromium.org
Labels: -Pri-2 Pri-3
Owner: bartfab@chromium.org
Assigning to Bartosz since he's leading that effort.
Cc: maxkirsch@chromium.org
I'm not sold that removing download directories before removing the full user profile is a bad thing.  If the concern is transparency, we can certainly make that more apparent (e.g. we can have prominent explanation in downloads section that for shared devices, when space is needed this space may get wiped) - that would not only fix the trust issue but set proper expectations.
I thought the issue had been settled, but if you'd like to re-discuss, let's do that in the document so that we don't fragment the debate.

https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1A09AALlUZns5sSGyARDNGhD4fiUgqJB6CYO_j_RnuLY/edit?usp=sharing

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