# Can I delete camera RAW video files (BRAW, R3D, MXF)?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/files-camera-raw-video
- Item: Camera RAW video files
- Location: `*.braw, *.r3d, *.ari, *.crm, *.mxf`
- Verdict: Keep — your data — Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
- Comes back on its own: no
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Original footage over 1 GB from cinema and professional cameras: Blackmagic RAW (.braw), RED (.r3d), ARRIRAW (.ari), Canon Cinema RAW Light (.crm) and MXF files from many pro camcorders. These are camera originals and a single clip can take tens of GB.

## What happens if you delete it?

Nothing regenerates: proxies and exports made from them cannot replace the originals for grading or re-editing.

## How to remove it properly

Do not delete them just to save space. Copy them to an external drive or archive storage, check the copies (open a few clips or compare checksums), ideally keep two copies, and relink your editing project to the new location before removing the local files.

## Before you delete it

Editing projects show media offline if the originals disappear; relink before removing anything.