Deleting the McNeelUpdate DownloadCache folder

Rhino
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Doing some computer cleanup and noticed Rhino has a folder
C:*\AppData\Local\McNeel\McNeelUpdate\DownloadCache

Mine is running over 1.7GB in size
Any reason not to delete this?

thanks
Ben

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Those are handy if you need to roll back your install for some reason, other than that delete away.

3

Thanks for the speedy reply!

cheers
Ben

4

Hi Ben -
Also note that (1) if you delete that folder and still have automatic updates enabled, that folder will just be recreated, and (2) only the last 2 versions are kept. Older versions are automatically deleted.
-wim

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Hello, this is not the case on my system I have 6 versions of Rhino 7 in the cache folder, some versions are the first SR of 2020.

So is it possible to simply delete the contents of the “DownloadCache” folder, or is there a procedure to follow to clean the cache?

thank you
jmv

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You can simply delete them, it will not affect the current install at all.

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Hello!
Thanks, I have deleted all the contents of the folder, some elements were added when Rhino started but the old versions were cleaned