I noticed that there are Xpack files in the Updates folder that totals over 37GB. I love my free space, so I'm wondering, are these files still needed after the content has been installed? Or are they just leftovers taking up my precious space?
Community Admin@Tonis015 As I understand these files contain the data for your expansion content (maps & vehicles) so they're pretty important to leave untouched.
As I understand it in most cases leftover install data should be cleaned up by Origin if you've used the standard install method.
As an aside, I'll guess that you're trying to scrape some spare space on a HDD/SSD? Personally I use a 3rd party program called WinDirStat to manage my disc space, it helps with finding pesky files to clear out.
The Xpacks are the expansion packs.
You can delete them, but you won't be able to play on the maps if you do so!
Hello @Tonis015
Keep the Xpack files untouched. Exactly as the previous guys have stated, those files contain data for the Expansion Packs.
What you can do however, is to delete all of your temp files. Temp files can safely be deleted. Run the command %temp%, and delete all of the possible files that you can find in the %temp% folder. You may already know about this, but i know that many people don't, so temp folders can easily build up in size if the files in them are not being removed during an extensive period of time. It's not unusual that some people has 10-30GB worth of temp files, just sitting there waiting to be removed.
You can also visit the WIndows folder (found on the disk where your OS is installed), then go into the Temp folder and delete all of the files in there. There's many programs out there that does this for you, but i prefer to do clean ups on my own.
Best of luck!
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