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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Can you guide me step by step how to do this process? example: file/delete...etc
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See Delete preview files in the PPro Help for explicit instructions.
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@wjostenMar 27, 2012 4:03 AM Re: Can I delete the files/folders in 'Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup'?
Re: Can I delete the files/folders in 'Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup'?in response to nickcrowney
Delete iOS backups this way: iTunes>Preferences>Devices...select the backup/backups...hit delete. Do not mess with your backup folder.

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 .fpj files?

In RH9, using Source Control 3.1.
Trying to bring in topics from several other projects. Somehow, we have managed to get all the files we want into the project as displayed in
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But when each of us tries to open the project in RH9, none of us can see the topics we brought in from the other projects. Upon doing some research here in the forums, we opened a few fpj files in these folders and saw that they are scrambled.
There are dozens of these folders, we would prefer not to have to edit them manually.
So, long story long, is it safe to delete them - will they rebuild when the project is reopened?

Hi there
When you create a folder in RoboHelp, the FPJ is part of the XML structure used by RoboHelp to manage and track topics. I would think RoboHelp will become awfully confused and project corruption will ensue if you start deleting FPJ files.
Cheers... Rick
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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?
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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...
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9/27/12 3:33:25.038 AM com.apple.qtkitserver: rm: /Volumes/MacHD/[[ESTUDIO]] HD/[[BKP]]/Untitled.rtf: Permission denied
9/27/12 3:33:25.038 AM com.apple.qtkitserver: rm: /Volumes/MacHD/[[ESTUDIO]] HD/[[BKP]]: Permission denied
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Delete Aged Files & Folders from Subfolders

Hi,
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