Hugging Face Cache on WSL2: HF_HOME, /mnt/c, and Cleanup
Measured on: WSL2 Ubuntu 26.04 (kernel 6.6.114.1) on Windows 11 build 26200 · huggingface_hub 1.26.0 · transformers 5.14.1 (plus 4.57.6 for one comparison) · single Samsung NVMe SSD (MZVL2512) holding both C: and the WSL vhdx · AC power, balanced plan · 2026-08-06 · raw session log The problem You download a few models, and your disk is gone. Three questions worth answering precisely: where does the Hugging Face cache actually put things, how do you move an existing cache safely (and where should it go), and what can the current CLI clean up — and what can’t it. ...