Not able to vacuum Firefox

Submitted by Regular User on Thu, 01/29/2026 - 03:14
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Support

Greetings,

since 2-3 months, I assume after a Firefox update, I am not able to vacuum Firefox (which is extremely useful!). I am using Windows 10 and BleachBit 5.0.2. (I am also not able to clear cache on Chrome, although trying it now for the first time, but let's say this is not a problem for me).

This is what I get as log files:

unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
unable to open database file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Command.pyc", line 186, in execute
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 1141, in vacuum_sqlite3
File "bleachbit\FileUtilities.pyc", line 524, in execute_sqlite3

BleachBit version: 
5.0.2
Your operating system: 
Windows 10