# Can i delete Updates folder on my mac?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-delete-updates-folder-on-my-mac/283542>\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-delete-updates-folder-on-my-mac/283542 "2009-03-07T19:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jcd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jcd)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-delete-updates-folder-on-my-mac/283542/1 "2009-03-07T19:56:47Z")

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since there are a lot a mac users around here, i was hoping someone could answer a simple mac question… can i delete the “Updates” folder on the root of the drive? is this folder just a temp download folder before the os x updates are installed?

thanks for anyone’s help!