Advice for cleaning up files from my drive

I'm going through old directories and want to delete what I do not need from old projects and transfer what I do to other drives.
Is there any reason to keep:
1.) Thumbnail Cache Files?
2.) Render Files that have subfolders called Constant Frames?
3.) I found a whole bunch 2 GB files called Sequence 1-av1, Sequence 1-av2, etc. These files will not open when double-clicked on. A message indicating "File Error: Wrong type. displays, and when I drag them into the QT player, it indicates The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file. What are these? Can I delete them?
Thanks.

What's up, Nick?
If I delete my Compressor Files from my external hard drive, will my project files (my movie) still be intact without any changes at all?
How about my Color Files? Can I delete them from my external HD with out altering my project files (my movie)?
I'm working on a very short movie, and I have a 1TB external but it's almost full from all my different compressions and color gradings.
Also, can I delete older saved versions of my project without effecting my latest version?
Thanks,
Trey

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