Textedit files - are they important?

I am trying to free up storage on my iMac. There are "textedit" files that I don't remember creating, which I would like to delete. Where do these files come from and does deleting them pose any risk?

Thanks!

Tony

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 15, 2023 9:26 AM

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1 reply

dialabrain

Level 10

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Apr 15, 2023 11:38 AM in response to Tony-P

If you mean .txt files some may be important some not. In any case .txt files are very small so deleting them probably won't free up much storage.

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