# Project deletion **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** projects\ **Created:** [January 10, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437 "2023-01-10T17:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/1 "2023-01-10T17:26:56Z")
Is it safe to manually delete projects from the /opt/Autodesk/projects folder? I have 63G of stuff in there which does not show when launching Flame, (all versions selected). Neither do they show in the project.db. ---
**Author:** ![La\_Flame](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/la_flame/32/200_2.png) [@La\_Flame](https://forum.logik.tv/u/La_Flame)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/2 "2023-01-10T20:33:47Z")
Hi Paul, Are these projects from a old version of Flame that was uninstalled and projects archived? Before you start deleting things in the file system, check with Autodesk support to see if there are any steps. I normally advise people not to do this as the potential corruption is quite high. Good luck. Grant ---
**Author:** ![knhn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/knhn/32/5635_2.png) [@knhn](https://forum.logik.tv/u/knhn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/3 "2023-01-10T21:23:39Z")
Randy has outlined what you want to do. I have heard it called _blatting the box_. Just wiping the stone & projects but keeping the flame app around in a clean state. > [@Changing the Flamestore device](https://forum.logik.tv/t/changing-the-flamestore-device/4826/2): > > Hiya @joe99 , sorry you’re experiencing this. Looks like a frustrating situation you’ve been battling for a while. Here’s a few options you can try. First, of course, backup your Flame projects. Make sure they are backed up and open before you delete anything. Then, copy /opt/Autodesk to be somewhere safe. You never know and its only a few gigs so keep it around. Now, you have options. You could format the entire disk and reinstall everything. Every once in a while I choose to do this, m… ---
**Author:** ![motoronlysync](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/motoronlysync/32/579_2.png) [@motoronlysync](https://forum.logik.tv/u/motoronlysync)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/4 "2023-01-10T21:57:53Z")
There is a process in place for cleaning project remnants up that should not affect existing projects or media/installations. If you open a support case to address this, you can reference knowledge article 000324569. ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/5 "2023-01-10T23:40:12Z")
> [@motoronlysync](#): > > 000324569 In general I wouldn’t touch anything in opt/Autodesk/projects manually. ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/6 "2023-01-11T10:01:32Z")
> [@La\_Flame](#): > > Hi Paul, > > Are these projects from a old version of Flame that was uninstalled and projects archived? > > Before you start deleting things in the file system, check with Autodesk support to see if there are any steps. > > I normally advise people not to do this as the potential corruption is quite high. > > Good luck. > Grant Hi Grant, yes old projects from previous versions, also not showing in the project DB. ---
**Author:** ![ace\_elliott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ace_elliott/32/14664_2.png) [@ace\_elliott](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ace_elliott)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/7 "2023-06-07T22:04:41Z")
Hi! @paul_round How did everything pan out with this one? Did you get it figured out? I wanted to piggy back on this post as I wasn’t finding one in my search that was helping, but instead of deleting projects from the finder manually…what about media? Deleted a bunch of old projects after archiving but still see all the media in this other Managed Media folder that flame doesnt connect to…(Was having issues seeing the Managed media folders a while ago and so made a new one and now 2024 is working), but this older one Flame doesnt point to anymore. Can I just “manually” delete these old .movs in the old managed media folder that flame doesnt point to anymore? Could i potentially just delete this entire old Media Managed Folder? Mac studio, Flame 2024 ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/8 "2023-06-08T09:10:20Z")
Hi Amanda, Yes it worked out fine, This was on a linux box however, so not sure if it will different on a mac. I did do a backup prior to deleting the projects, just in case, but it didn’t cause any issues. However, in a shell, I still see a huge list of projects from way back, all starting with the line: Preserving ./project name. ---
**Author:** ![davejahns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@davejahns](https://forum.logik.tv/u/davejahns)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-deletion/7437/9 "2024-09-06T01:36:39Z")
Hi all. Similar situation - doing a workstation clean up, and finding some projects from WAY back (Flame 2019 projects) that are grayed out when I hit “All Versions”, so I can’t access them to properly delete them. Can I go into the opt/Auodesk/project folder and delete from there?