Is it safe to delete everything in the TEMP folder?

[ubose]

I found that there more than 7,000 files taking up almost 5GB in my hard drive in the TEMP folder. The folder path is the following. It is a Windows 7 64-bit computer.
C:\Users\Windows User\AppData\Local\Temp

Is it to safe to delete all these files?

Thank you.

 

[torchwood]

Hi UBose,
That shouldn't be a problem.

Little tool to do it
TFC (temporary file cleaner) by old timer

TFC Download

use it all the time

Roy

 

[Barman58]

Should be safe enough, although some of the tools that are available including Ccleaner apply a 24 hour buffer. The ensures that only files 24 hours and more are deleted, thus lessening the chance of accidently trying to, or actually deleting a file, still in use.

This is an arbitrary figure of course and at least in CCleaner it can be disabled in settings, but is something to consider

 

[samuria]

Another great tool is uncleaner its cleanes more than others saflely you have more than one temp folder some wont dlete as they may be in use UnCleaner – The Unnecessary Files Cleaner Solution - Josh Cell Softwares

 

[ubose]

I have Ccleaner, and so I ran it to clean up. It found more than just in the \AppData\Local\Temp folder, and so I cleaned up almost 12 GB. Thanks for your tips.

 

[jacek11]

Yes you can delete all you want in the temp folder as these are just temporary files that are not used anymore.

 

[cosmicanddavid]

my opion on system cleaners varies but to me ccleaner does a good job i always do it first thing in the morning with revo uninstaller in safe mode old timer temp cleaner is good never heard of uncleaner i be happy if it free if it asking for a key to activate it then it going and uninstalled straight away rogue product to avoid systemninja auslogics boostspeed and glary utilities do too much of system pc deep clean that actually destroys your pc in seconds so i would avoid them i would delete components and logs from it the folder prefetch is safe as well the software distrubution folder daily as well do not delete system32 files or winsz files or you be ruined beyond repair you been warned!!

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I use Glary Utilities for cleaning out my temporary files as part of my routine scans with it.

 

[strollin]

I'll express a single caveat which is that it's safe to delete files that other programs saved in the TEMP folder but it's possible that you could have placed some files in there as a temporary measure and then forgot about them. In that case, you might want to take a look at those files to determine if you need them or not.

In most cases though, only files of a temporary nature are put in the TEMP folder so there's no reason not to delete them.

 

[Khzyvfonhes]

I found that there more than 7,000 files taking up almost 5GB in my hard drive in the TEMP folder. The folder path is the following. It is a Windows 7 64-bit computer.
C:\Users\Windows User\AppData\Local\Temp

Is it to safe to delete all these files?

Thank you.

Yep! Make a shortcut to access that folder on your desktop, or anywhere you like.

Enter the folder then:

Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+D.

Some files may be left, like your AV temp file. Just leave those.

You can also write a batch file to do the dirty work.

You might as well make one directed to the C:\Windows\Temp directory, and delete those also.

I also use CCleaner, however, I still remove the temp file first.

There are just certain tasks, I prefer to do manually:

My Temp files, Service configs, and ANY registry work. I don't trust 3rd party software to do these.