| Path |
Explanation |
Delete yes/no/explanation |
| captchas |
Temporary directory for captcha images. |
Yes |
| cfg |
Your configuration and download/linkcollector lists |
No
Only delete if you want to start JD with default settings/empty list/no accounts.
You can delete some old files inside this directory see next few rows in this column.
See the following advanced settings:
GeneralSettings.keepxoldlists
GeneralSettings.savelinkgrabberlistenabled
|
|
cfg/RememberLastDimensor*
cfg/RememberAbsoluteLocator*
cfg/RememberRelativeLocator*
|
Old window sizes and positions.
Those are now all stored in locations.json. |
Yes |
cfg/archives/v2_*
|
Meta information about archives in list.
We have an open ticket for this to change the storage so automatic cleanup will be possible and no longer storing in individual files. Link |
No
Only delete if there are no extractable archives in your JDownloader.
|
| extensions |
Installed JDownloader extensions. |
No |
| jd |
JDownloader Hoster/Decrypter plugins and anti-captcha methods/scripts |
No |
| jre |
Java Runtime Environment which will be used if none is installed on your system. |
No
If you delete/rename this folder, the launcher(JDownloader2.exe) will search for compatible JVM on your system instead.
|
| libs |
JDownloader Libraries packed in jar archives |
No |
| logs |
Your session and installation logs. |
Yes
JDownloader will auto-clean this folder according to the following advanced setting:
Log.cleanuplogsolderthanxdays
You can disable logging (not recommended because no logs in case or error reporting) by
setting log size to 0 with the following advanced setting:
Log.maxlogfilesize
|
| logs/updatehistory |
History of file changes(add/remove/modify) during past updates. |
Yes |
| themes |
Themes , contains images/icons... |
No |
| themes/standard/org/jdownloader/images/fav* |
Automatically downloaded favicons. |
Yes
You can delete this folder. JDownloader will automatically re-download all needed favicons once you use it the next time.
|
| tmp |
Plugincaches, native libraries e.g. for extraction, JNA, FlatLAF |
No
You may delete this folder but JDownloader will have to recreate plugin caches and extract required native libraries. this will increase first start up time of JDownloader noticeable.
|
| tmp/logs* |
Contains a copy of the logs uploaded by you via logupload. |
Yes |
| tmp/update* |
Information about updates. e.g. downloaded but not yet installed/pending update packages |
Yes
|
| tools |
External/OS-specific libraries/tools/files such as FFmpeg. |
No |
| translations |
Translation files. |
No |
| update |
contains information required for update system, stores meta information about current installed revisions |
No |
| Core.jar |
JDownloader Core |
No |
| JDownloader.jar |
JDownloader Launcher/Updater |
No |
| JDownloader2.exe |
Launcher for Windows users. |
No |
| JDownloader2.vmoptions |
Defines the Java VM parameters for JDownloader2.exe
More information here.
|
|
| JDownloader2Update.exe |
Updater launcher for Windows users. |
No |
| JDownloader2Update.vmoptions |
Defines the Java VM parameters for JDownloader2Update.exe
More information here.
|
No |
|
Uninstall JDownloader.exe
|
Uninstaller for Windows users |
No
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