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Apr 11, 2025 3:50 PM UTC
Question

Auto Delete Video Previews

Is there a way to set up video previews from old projects to be automatically deleted? Similar to how cache is automatically cleared after a certain amount of storage, I'm wondering if I could delete video previews based on either storage space or time.

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Legend
Apr 11, 2025 5:00 PM UTC

You can post feature suggestions on the adobe Premiere forum. 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/ct-p/ct-premiere-pro?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all&lang=all&tabid=ideas

But Allowing a program to automatically delete files could be dangerous.  and Gotta say it's crucial that you manually monitor free drive space on a regular basis.   Many programs can create cache files if you're not paying attention and people save files willy nilly to their desktop etc.  You should keep at least 20% free space on your startup drive and at least 10% on other drives...  (at least that's the accepted rule).    I remember tech tool pro (a paid mac utility - not cheap) allowed you to set up automatic warnings.  I imagine there are other alternatives...  When I'm called in to troubleshoot a clients system, first thing I do is check available drive space...  

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Adobe Employee
Apr 11, 2025 5:06 PM UTC

Hi Seth381405626nap,

Welcome to the community! Currently, there is no feature to automatically clean up the video previews. If you have completed your project & no longer need the preview files, you may manually remove them from the location specified under File > Project Settings > Scratch Disks. However, please proceed with caution, as the main directory may contain preview files from other projects. It's also a good practice to double-check that there are no other essential media or files in that location before removing anything.

 

Thanks,
Sumeet

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