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October 21, 2022
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Trimming stale/ obsolete files

  • October 21, 2022
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HI -

After the "annual" (major version) updates to Photoshop (Windows), I am left with large folders in my .../AppData/Adobe folder such as Adobe Photoshop 2021 and Adobe Photoshop 2022.  Can these folders be safely deleted?  Not sure why they are not deleted when the installation of the new version removes the old program versions.

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Bojan Živković11378569
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Community Expert
October 21, 2022

"Not sure why they are not deleted when the installation of the new version removes the old program versions."

I believe those files are left because you may want to copy/paste something like third party plugin to new version or for safety to retrieve something accidentally lost between versions.

Chuck Uebele
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October 21, 2022

Yes, they can be deleted.