diff --git a/rtgui/cachemanager.cc b/rtgui/cachemanager.cc
index c1f81a0d2..06f4ad237 100644
--- a/rtgui/cachemanager.cc
+++ b/rtgui/cachemanager.cc
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ void CacheManager::clearImages () const
 {
     MyMutex::MyLock lock (mutex);
 
+    deleteDir ("data");
     deleteDir ("images");
     deleteDir ("aehistograms");
     deleteDir ("embprofiles");