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Participant
April 11, 2025
Question

Auto Delete Video Previews

  • April 11, 2025
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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
April 11, 2025

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...  

Community Manager
April 11, 2025

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