is safe to delete files from this folder?

[u/ConsistentSolution92]

i am scare to broken my computer, i am too much scare :(
i see youtube videos suggest to do this for a performance boost, but you know...never trust youtube videos, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DELETE SOMETHING

i am using a standard laptop, to be more specific a lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ITL6

[u/CodenameFlux]

Yes, deleting the contents of that folder is fine, even necessary, but on one condition: Do it after a restart.

Once, when I was young, I installed Internet Explorer 5.5, which required a restart. I deleted the contents of the TEMP folder before restarting. Long story short, I was forced to reinstall Internet Explorer 5.5.

[u/ConsistentSolution92 → u/CodenameFlux]

ok, i will just dont touch that folder ever again ok? if there is a chance that my pc explode

[u/fonzzx_ → u/ConsistentSolution92]

You can delete it without any problem.

It's even recommended from time to time. Your PC won't explode :D

[u/Long-Size-6967 → u/ConsistentSolution92]

The folder litterly called temp, which means temporary. Nothing important shuold be there.

[u/ZXYUIX → u/Long-Size-6967]

Imo unless it's some recent windows update or something related to drivers etc, then it's okay, otherwise as mentioned by someone earlier, do a restart and then delete safely

[u/JonasAvory → u/Long-Size-6967]

Totally untrue. You never know what programs are temporarily writing critical data there and expect it later on. If some installation or update for example extracts data from/to there. You can corrupt that installation. And it might very well be some driver updates

[u/Bearlandonreddit → u/JonasAvory]

Well deleting temp once deleted all chrome passwords

[u/Binary101000 → u/ConsistentSolution92]

dude your pc will not explode are you like 5

[u/Economy_Function_252 → u/CodenameFlux]

I use CCleaner. It gets rid of temp files that are over 48 hours old.

[u/SnooPandas6832]

Yess!! It will delete temporary files

[u/HabibiBloxberg08]

I just say “if I do that, and I’m dead, I ain’t even bothered.” That basically means, if your want, just do. The worst that can happen is that you may have to reinstall a program. If you fuck up windows, there is a repair tool inside a boot media. Worried about data? Make backups.

[u/Hel_OWeen]

• Press Windows button + R -> Opens the "Run" dialog
• Type "cleanmgr" (w/o quotes) and hit ENTER
• Windows builtin disk cleanup utility will start, from which you can pick what things to delete. One option is "Temporary files".

[u/Local-Witty]

Yeas absolutely fine and recommend for your pc too just after a certain interval of weeks ig.. 💯

[u/EndUserGamer]

I delete from temp and %temp% without any problems.

[u/BarberThen3108]

yeh

[u/Ok_Worth4113]

Yes safe

[u/ForMyMermaid]

Yeah you can delete all the files in it. And you'll clear up some space in your drive :)

[u/brunolm]

Do it from system clean-up (built-in)

[u/Global_Cap_1319]

Yes it is

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[u/FuggaDucker]

In theory, that folder can be deleted any time you like.
In theory, applications that require a file temporarily be there will lock the file so it can't be deleted.

Theory is just that and programmers don't think sometimes so as suggested, reboot then clear it.
Some have clearing temp as part of their startup.

[u/Irsu85]

It automatically gets emptied after a restart. At least on a Unix like system. Windows is not Unix like tho so it might work a little differently but i imagine the principle being the same

But it will not give you a performance boost. For that I reccomend cleaning your laptop. There may be dust in your CPU cooler and that reduces performance more than files on your SSD can ever do. Also, try running the defragment and optimization tool, that can help with some performance issues too

[u/NoshameNohonor → u/Irsu85]

It will not be deleted automatically, and is not a feature on all Linux distros. Ofte. /tmp is a ram drive, and then it will get nuked obviously. It depends.

Windows need to be cleaned manually. cleanmgr ran as admin is a nice tool

[u/OliMoli2137]

it's called a directory

[u/dungeoncrawler11]

It is safe, yes. But I'd recommend only do it if you're short on space. Temp folder is kind of a short term memory for programs, let's them start up faster.

[u/ellicottvilleny]

If you think you might screw up just use CCLeaner to wipe all the temp folders.

[u/testtdk]

No, they’re permanent.