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Should I clear my Downloads folder after downloading and saving items elsewhere?

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2018-07-03T17:24:27+00:00

Should I clear my Downloads folder after downloading and saving items elsewhere?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T17:29:04+00:00

    Hi, I'm here to help.

    There's really no issue with keeping the files, but they will take up space on your hard drive. It's entirely up to you, but personally I would delete them since there's really no need to have them taking up space on your hard drive.

    Hopefully that helps. Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else.

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  1. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-07-03T17:27:06+00:00

    Hi Rob, yes that is always a good bit of housekeeping to do . . .

    Most users never clear out the Downloads folder and it becomes large and cluttered

    Once you have copied out the downloaded files, clear the contents of your Downloads folder

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T18:08:43+00:00

    Sounds good to me, thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T18:08:28+00:00

    Sounds good to me, thank you!

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