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Question Which folders are safe to delete? NPM/Packages folders.

Discussion in 'Package Manager' started by Stardog, Jun 15, 2020.

  1. Stardog

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    AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm
    AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com
    AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com

    Which ones can I delete without breaking projects?
     
    Stardog, Jun 15, 2020
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  2. Stardog

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    Anyone know?
     
    Stardog, Jun 23, 2020
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  3. JurjenBiewenga

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    Those should all be fine to delete, Unity will redownload the latest version of the package though.
     
    JurjenBiewenga, Jun 24, 2020
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  4. UnityMaru

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    Hey there!

    There's not really any side effects to deleting these folders other than that Unity will have to re-download a good chunk of those next time a project is opened.
     
    UnityMaru, Jun 26, 2020
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  5. Lex4art

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    Ugh, there was 17 Gigs in AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm + packages foldsers... and 4GB+ of Unity editor crashdumps in AppData\Local\CrashDumps... After removing all that my poor 128GB system SSD now has some breathing room (2GB were added again after restarting Unity project, but this is all for now).
     
    Lex4art, Oct 30, 2021
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  6. SUfIaNAHMAD_

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    What is meant by NPM!
     
    SUfIaNAHMAD_, Jan 29, 2022
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  7. EvanBindz

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    NPM likely refers to Node Package Manager, a widely used node.js package manager akin to pip for python.
     
    EvanBindz, Mar 23, 2022
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