26,581 *.bin files in Library\ShaderCache folder - can I delete these?

For some reason, I have a ton of cached *.bin files now. I'd think far more than I should have. Can I simply delete the contents of the ShaderCache folder without messing anything up? It's causing project backups to go very slowly, chugging through all those tiny files.

I also noticed that I have 2 GB of files under Library\metadata. That doesn't seem right either.

 

I was just searching for the same thing and found here: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Shader.html

They say :

 

Thank you Georges for that link.
I needed to copy my 12GB project in another machine and it would have taken 7 hours to copy only my entire ShaderCache folder with 365448 files. I couldn't wait that long mostly because I was in a rush.
You literally save my project.

 

Do you realize that you are hijacking a seven year old completely unrelated thread?

Don't do that, it's against forum rules and disrupts and confuses relevant information on the board.

If you have an issue, start your own post... it's FREE!

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Necroposting:

 

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