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bonk Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:20am
Can I delete the Steamworks Shared folder?
I was looking through my steamapps>common and saw a 221MB map sitting between my games. Obviusly I wanted to delete it, but I figured knowing what I was actually removing from my pc would be a good idea. My question: Can I delete the Steamworks Shared folder?
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Originally posted by Satoru:
If you delete it it will simply redownload the files again, so you’ll be wasting bandwidth if you do so
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Muppet among Puppets Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:24am 
In the shared folder should be just some direct x or alike files.
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bonk Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:25am 
Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:
In the shared folder should be just some direct x or alike files.
So you are saying I can go ahead and delete it?
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:27am 
344 "GB" ???

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bonk Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:29am 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
344 "GB" ???

:qr:
No, wait. I messed something up but its 221MB
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:30am 
You can delete it. It will download what it needs later.

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Muppet among Puppets Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:31am 
The things i mentioned should not be deleted.

What else is in there that is 300gb?
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bonk Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:33am 
Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:
The things i mentioned should not be deleted.

What else is in there that is 300gb?
Yeah no sorry i messed up. I've already edited the discription of the discussion. It it actually 221MB
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:35am 
221MB sounds right for the Common Redist. It can be deleted but will always redownload because it is necessary for your games.

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bonk Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:38am 
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
221MB sounds right for the Common Redist. It can be deleted but will always redownload because it is necessary for your games.

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So it is indeed better to just keep it there.
Thank you!
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Muppet among Puppets Feb 15, 2020 @ 10:51am 
It likely saves you space.
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Satoru Feb 15, 2020 @ 12:56pm 
If you delete it it will simply redownload the files again, so you’ll be wasting bandwidth if you do so
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westraaros1 Aug 29, 2024 @ 11:57pm 
i had 532mb so i deleted it ans if it wouldnt work i can always install it again

Why its in a SHARED map is because then u dont need to download the same exe files every time u install games from steam or atleast what i think its for?
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Yandy Aug 30, 2024 @ 3:10am 
This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.
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