# Large temporary folder

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/large-temporary-folder/8687>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/large-temporary-folder/8687 "2020-08-20T23:46:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/large-temporary-folder/8687/7 "2020-08-22T01:33:23Z")

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> [@thepaul](#):
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> probably automatically safe to delete

Shouldn’t deleting temp files be part of node startup ? More precisely it could be part of `garbage collection`.

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