# Is it safe to delete DaVinci Resolve ProxyMedia folders?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/davinci-proxies
- Item: DaVinci Resolve proxy media
- Location: `…/ProxyMedia`
- Verdict: Review first — Might hold something you care about. Look inside before removing it.
- Comes back on its own: yes
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Lightweight proxy copies of your footage that DaVinci Resolve generates for smooth editing, saved in ProxyMedia folders at the proxy location set in Resolve. Long projects shot in 4K or RAW can take tens of GB of proxies.

## What happens if you delete it?

Resolve can generate them again from the originals, which can take hours on large projects. Original footage and your edits are untouched.

## How to remove it properly

In Resolve’s Media Pool, select clips and clear their proxy media from the context menu, or quit Resolve and move the ProxyMedia folders of finished projects to the Trash.

## Before you delete it

If the originals are offline or on a drive you no longer have, the proxies may be the only media you can still edit with.