Deleting Preview Files

Sometimes when things seem too easy they make me wary:  I need to free up some space on my C: Drive.  Adobe Premier created a folder on my Desktop called Adobe Premier Pro Preview Files; from older projects.  Can I simply delete these files to free up space and re-render them if I should ever need to do so?
Thank You!
Tim S.

yes.
also you can clean your media database...  might save a litte bit of hd space...not a lot...as databases dont take up a ton of space...
you can also go through your sratch disk premiere directories ( media cache etc ) and see if anything with large byte count is there from projects you dont use anymore..

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  • How do I delete preview files?

    Can you guide me step by step how to do this process?  example: file/delete...etc
    Thanks

    See Delete preview files in the PPro Help for explicit instructions.
    Cheers
    Eddie

  • Should I delete preview files to save space on my hard drive?

    Should I delete preview files to save sapce on my hard drive? At times the program crashes and I wonder whether I should get rid of these files to make more space.

    PCNoviceMesa
    Yes.
    If you run a SD project (whether you render stills or videos) and render, you are going to get DV AVI files automatically generated. If it is a HD project, rendering deposits MPEG2.mpg files on your hard drive (whether you render stills or videos). We are talking possibly GB amounts of files if you let them pile up long enough. For Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit, these preview files are by default in Libraries/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/12.0 and in the Adobe Premiere Elements Preview Files Folder there.
    First let us see how much is piled up there before we take action against them.
    If the preview files there are part of an existing project or projects, the consequence of deleting those files is that you will have to render again that content in the project to get the best possible preview. If the preview files represent project long since gone, good riddance.
    Please check out the situation. And, then we can discuss also pile ups of conformed video and conformed audio files.
    More later.
    ATR

  • Can I free up some disk space by deleting preview files?

    Help please anyone!!
    I'm new working with CS4, my hard disk ran out of space therefore I'm unable to transcode my project in Encore, and I'm also unable to burn a DVD in premiere because of no enough hard disk space. I read somewhere that I can delete preview files with deleting files in the actual project. is it truth?  Any suggestions?

    Yes, so long as you do not Render again. Do not delete your .CFA and .PEK files, as they will just be regenerated, when you load the Project.
    However, you are likely to not gain that much additional space. The best solution would be to add more HDD's. I'd try doing an Archive of any older Projects, and cleaning off (obviously Moving to an external) any unused media files.
    On my laptop, I also have had great experience editing to/from FW-800 externals. If you have, or can add, eSATA, that would be even better. Still, I'd pick up a handful of 1TB internals first.
    Good luck,
    Hunt

  • Is it safe to delete preview files/folders?

    I noticed I have 30gb or more of folders in a folder called preview files.  These seem to be the product of rendering and look like a waste of space - what happens if i delete the whole lot for projects i no longer work on?  would removing these and the CFA and PEAK files damage the ability to work on the file at a later stage?  I could use the extra space!
    j

    First of all, there is a difference between preview files and Media Cache files.
    Preview files are those, which are created when you render the timeline. By default they are .mpeg and .xmp. If you delete them via Sequence -> Delete Render Files, .mpeg files, which represent the current state of your timeline, will be deleted, whereas the rest .mpeg files, which represent older state of your timeline, and all .xmp ones remain.
    If you delete them manually, i.e. without going to Sequence -> Delete Render Files, you will be asked about some missing media on that project re-launch.
    Media Cache files, some of which are .pek and .cfa, are created when you import assets into a project. You can check the Media Cache files location via Preferences -> Media.
    Deleting all files from both Media Cache and Media Cache Files folders is safe: PrPro will rebuild Media Cache Database from scratch on restart. Moreover, deleting all files from both Media Cache and Media Cache Files manually sometimes helps fixing Dynamic Link or Importer Generic Error issues.

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    I have a MacBook with Lion 10.7.2 build 11C74 and I used Preview v 5.5.1 (719.11) to edit a pdf of a form downloaded from the internet.
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    An xlsx file is an Excel file. What happens when you try to open or delete it?

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    It appears to me that network file access is buggy in Maverick.
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  • Deleting Premiere Pro Preview Files

    I have a huge file containing the preview files. Can I delete these? When is it safe to delete them. I am using Premiere Pro CS4 on a PC with Windows 7. Thanks in advance for any help

    Yes you can delete them. If you render the timeline Pro will remake the files.

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    Elio

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    Next, if it was the former, and not the latter, this should not happen. Did PrPro give you any sort of message, when you loaded your Project? Something like "where is file xxxx.AVI?"
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