Temporaryitems folder in cache- Can I delete it's contents?

HI all,
I'm just discovering that the Cache folder is the culprit in taking up most of my Disk space, as I always use an external hard drive for all of my content. So--how do I delete the cache folder contents? I discovered that the largest folder in there is called "Temporaryitems" and has only two things that are amounting to 40 gigs of space. Can I delete these things or will it reak havoc?
I've search the web for an hour and didn't find anything specific to this question.
Thanks!!

Restart the computer. If the files remain, they can just be deleted.
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