what are .cleverfiles?

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You're using Disk Drill utility(i'm pretty sure). So it creates this "backup" folder in case you will decide to recover the data you have removed/transfered.

When you choose to remove this software from its preferences it will ask whether you want to keep those files or not. Just click to delete them and your hard drive free space will extend a lot.

where do i find the .cleverfiles folder in finder?