Should you delete files in your download folder

 · From your description, you can probably delete the files in the Downloads directory without affecting anything. But your wording is a little ambiguous and there are a couple of caveats. For example, your question refers just to programs, but the Downloads directory is used for more than bltadwin.rus: 2.  · It is difficult for us (meaning, we don't know) what you do with your computer and where you store your files but usually the "Downloads" folder contains stuff that you downloaded from the internet. Only you knows what this "stuff" that you downloaded is and if it's worth keeping but you can delete all of the files in the folder and it will not harm your Windows installation.  · To clear the files in the Downloads folder in Windows, follow the steps below. Press the Windows key on your keyboard, type Downloads, and press Enter. In the window that opens, highlight all the downloaded files using your mouse or press Ctrl + A. If you do not want to delete all files only select the downloaded file you want to delete.

This will allow you to open a window directly to the file you want to remove. Chrome - Press Command + J. Click the "Show in folder" link for the file you want to delete. Firefox - Press Command + J to open the Downloads section of the Library. Click the Folder button to open the folder that the download is located in. If you opened those files in the download folder and changed/edited them and didn't do a SAVE AS, you just saved them, then they got resaved ubnder the original file names and to the download folder. So check all those files for your edits/changes and if those are the files you changed then don't delete them. Unfortunately, before I saw your suggestion, I followed a recommendation on another forum to rename bltadwin.ruails folder and delete bltadwin.ruata4-xxxx file. I actually moved that file to my SD card, just in case. Unfortunately, that process did not free up the 2 GB of data that bltadwin.ruta file was using.

If you routinely delete set-up files before saving them somewhere else, when it comes time to set up that program again, you might be out of luck. The most common scenario for needing that download again is getting a new machine. From your description, you can probably delete the files in the Downloads directory without affecting anything. But your wording is a little ambiguous and there are a couple of caveats. For example, your question refers just to programs, but the Downloads directory is used for more than that. The only downside to clearing your downloads folder is irretrievable files. This may seem like a minor issue as you can always re-download a deleted file. But, a file in your download folder may be essential to how another program on your computer works. Deleting such a file can lead to that program not working as intended.