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can i delete files from downloads folder

Why You Should Delete Your Downloads. Every time you use the To select all files in the Downloads folder, press Ctrl+A. You can also select. When you delete a file in your device's Downloads folder, it's permanent—you can't undo it. Make sure you're only deleting files you won't need later. Since the Downloads folder is located under C:\Users\UserName folder, you can free up some disk space on your system drive by deleting.

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All of them, anytime you want.

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You can determine what these are by either googling them or clicking to run the .exe then aborting any install if offered. It's up to each user whether you want to keep program or driver installers, since unless they are rare (which you should know because you had to search it down) they are posted on the program's or driver device's Support Downloads page, or will be delivered by Windows Update after reinstall.

For example the second one you link is a Sony driver. Once it's downloaded and installed you don't need those again as they are stored on the system, and a newer one might be available on the Sony Downloads page for your device or via Windows Update so you wouldn't want to use the same driver installer after reinstall.

But files in your Downloads folder are all put there by you, sometimes inadvertently when you download a picture or program installer, so there is nothing critical to Windows that will be in there. Those files are all in the WIndows folder. Your Downloads folder should be pruned regularly to keep only those program, driver and other downloads you want to keep or else transfer them to Pictures, Music, Videos folders for safer and more self-explanatory keeping.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I'll keep working with you until this is resolved.

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