# Which files to backup in .julia?

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [August 28, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-files-to-backup-in-julia/131906 "2025-08-28T07:01:37Z")\
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If you don’t want to erase the whole `.julia` folder, but still need to clean things up every now and then, use [GitHub - giordano/PkgCleanup.jl: Cleanup unused Julia environments and artifacts](https://github.com/giordano/PkgCleanup.jl)

I wish Julia itself had a `] cleanup` command, and that `juliaup` erased all artifacts that were built in versions that are no longer installed.

Related: [How to cleanup artifacts folder](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-cleanup-artifacts-folder/101277)

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