Cleaning up after uninstalling an app

[redwingfaninnc]

After I've rooted, backed up with TiBu, and uninstalled bloatware, is it safe to remove their associated folders. For example, I removed telenav, but still have a folder called telenav. Is it safe to delete it, or does TiBu need that fdolder if I opt to restore the program?

 

[new optimus]

After I've rooted, backed up with TiBu, and uninstalled bloatware, is it safe to remove their associated folders. For example, I removed telenav, but still have a folder called telenav. Is it safe to delete it, or does TiBu need that fdolder if I opt to restore the program?

You can remove it, if it is needed later it will just recreate it.

 

[Viet1982]

You can remove it, if it is needed later it will just recreate it.

Yup, I usually go through my SD card looking at those folders and just to be on the safe side I open them up making sure nothing is in them that might look important. Most of the time I see empty folders so I delete them. I know just having a folder doesn't take up a lot of memory but I guess it's like an ocd effect of knowing it's just there and has no purpose so I want to get rid of it lol.

 

[new optimus]

Yup, I usually go through my SD card looking at those folders and just to be on the safe side I open them up making sure nothing is in them that might look important. Most of the time I see empty folders so I delete them. I know just having a folder doesn't take up a lot of memory but I guess it's like an ocd effect of knowing it's just there and has no purpose so I want to get rid of it lol.

I hear you, I am the same way.

 

[wyelkins]

I hear you, I am the same way.

You ain't the only one. It bugs me too. Somebody should write a utility that does this for us.

 

[new optimus]

You ain't the only one. It bugs me too. Somebody should write a utility that does this for us.

If they did I wonder if I would use it, or just do it manually just to be sure lol

 

[wyelkins]

If they did I wonder if I would use it, or just do it manually just to be sure lol

He He, Yep. Good Point. That would take all the "fun" out of it.

 

[redwingfaninnc]

I think there may be an app for it. I've heard about "SD Maid" which claims to remove orphaned files.

Edit: I 've tried to app, seems to work ok. It seems to be more of a general system cleanup app.

 

[Necrotoxin]

I think there may be an app for it. I've heard about "SD Maid" which claims to remove orphaned files.

Edit: I 've tried to app, seems to work ok. It seems to be more of a general system cleanup app.

I was going to recommend that too but it does a better job of removing orphaned files than worthless folders because if there's a folder in a folder it won't remove it because it's not "empty" even if no files are actually present.