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15331533| `feedback-bundles/` | Redacted transcript archives written by `/feedback` on third-party providers or when no Anthropic credentials are configured, for sending to your Anthropic account team |
15341534| `feedback/drafts/` | Queued [Claude-drafted feedback](/docs/en/tools-reference#sendfeedback-tool-behavior) awaiting your review in `/feedback`. Swept after `cleanupPeriodDays` or 30 days, whichever is shorter. When the queue is at its 10-draft limit, Claude Code deletes the oldest draft to make room. |
15351535| `usage-data/` | `report.html` and timestamped report copies written by [`/insights`](/docs/en/costs#analyze-your-usage-patterns), plus cached per-session analysis data used to build them |
1536| `skills/.trash/`, `plugins/.trash/` | [Skills](/docs/en/skills#how-synced-skills-behave) and [plugins](/docs/en/plugins-reference#synced-plugins) synced from claude.ai that Claude Code removed. Moved here instead of deleted so you can recover the files |
15361537| `todos/`, `statsig/`, `logs/` | Legacy directories from older versions. No longer written. The sweep removes their contents and then the empty directory. |
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15381539Session files in `sessions/`, auto memory, and Claude Desktop and Cowork transcripts each follow their own retention rule:
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16341635You can also delete any of the application-data paths above by hand, apart from the [state files to keep](#state-files-to-keep). New sessions are unaffected. The table below shows what you lose for past sessions.
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1636| Delete | You lose |
1637| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
1638| `~/.claude/projects/` | Resume, continue, and rewind for past sessions, and auto memory for every project |
1639| `~/.claude/history.jsonl` | Up-arrow prompt recall, `Ctrl+R` history search, and `!` shell-command completion |
1640| `~/.claude/paste-cache/` | Pasted text in recalled prompts; see [paste large content](/docs/en/terminal-config#paste-large-content) |
1641| `~/.claude/uploads/` | Attachments that past [Remote Control](/docs/en/remote-control) sessions refer to by path |
1642| `~/.claude/file-history/` | Checkpoint restore for past sessions |
1643| `~/.claude/stats-cache.json` | Historical totals shown by `/usage` |
1644| `~/.claude/usage-data/` | Past [`/insights`](/docs/en/costs#analyze-your-usage-patterns) reports and the cached analysis data used to build them |
1645| `~/.claude/feedback-bundles/` | Feedback and bug-report archives you haven't yet sent to your Anthropic account team |
1646| `~/.claude/feedback/drafts/` | [Claude-drafted feedback](/docs/en/tools-reference#sendfeedback-tool-behavior) you haven't sent |
1647| `~/.claude/remote-settings.json` | Nothing. Re-fetched on next launch. |
1648| `~/.claude/cache/changelog.md` | Nothing. Refreshed in the background. |
1649| `~/.claude/policy-limits.json` | Nothing. Refreshed automatically. |
1650| `~/.claude/tasks/` | Task lists that a resumed session would pick up |
1651| `~/.claude/debug/`, `~/.claude/plans/`, `~/.claude/image-cache/`, `~/.claude/session-env/`, `~/.claude/shell-snapshots/`, `~/.claude/backups/` | Nothing user-facing |
1652| `~/.claude/todos/`, `~/.claude/statsig/`, `~/.claude/logs/` | Nothing. Legacy directories not written by current versions. |
1637| Delete | You lose |
1638| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
1639| `~/.claude/projects/` | Resume, continue, and rewind for past sessions, and auto memory for every project |
1640| `~/.claude/history.jsonl` | Up-arrow prompt recall, `Ctrl+R` history search, and `!` shell-command completion |
1641| `~/.claude/paste-cache/` | Pasted text in recalled prompts; see [paste large content](/docs/en/terminal-config#paste-large-content) |
1642| `~/.claude/uploads/` | Attachments that past [Remote Control](/docs/en/remote-control) sessions refer to by path |
1643| `~/.claude/file-history/` | Checkpoint restore for past sessions |
1644| `~/.claude/stats-cache.json` | Historical totals shown by `/usage` |
1645| `~/.claude/usage-data/` | Past [`/insights`](/docs/en/costs#analyze-your-usage-patterns) reports and the cached analysis data used to build them |
1646| `~/.claude/feedback-bundles/` | Feedback and bug-report archives you haven't yet sent to your Anthropic account team |
1647| `~/.claude/feedback/drafts/` | [Claude-drafted feedback](/docs/en/tools-reference#sendfeedback-tool-behavior) you haven't sent |
1648| `~/.claude/remote-settings.json` | Nothing. Re-fetched on next launch. |
1649| `~/.claude/cache/changelog.md` | Nothing. Refreshed in the background. |
1650| `~/.claude/policy-limits.json` | Nothing. Refreshed automatically. |
1651| `~/.claude/tasks/` | Task lists that a resumed session would pick up |
1652| `~/.claude/skills/.trash/`, `~/.claude/plugins/.trash/` | The chance to recover [synced skills](/docs/en/skills#how-synced-skills-behave) and [synced plugins](/docs/en/plugins-reference#synced-plugins) that Claude Code removed |
1653| `~/.claude/debug/`, `~/.claude/plans/`, `~/.claude/image-cache/`, `~/.claude/session-env/`, `~/.claude/shell-snapshots/`, `~/.claude/backups/` | Nothing user-facing |
1654| `~/.claude/todos/`, `~/.claude/statsig/`, `~/.claude/logs/` | Nothing. Legacy directories not written by current versions. |
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16541656Don't delete `~/.claude.json`, `~/.claude/settings.json`, or `~/.claude/plugins/`: those hold your auth, preferences, and installed plugins.
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