# Can I delete Signal’s attachments.noindex folder?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/signal-attachments
- Item: Signal attachments
- Location: `~/Library/Application Support/Signal/attachments.noindex`
- Verdict: Keep — your data — Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
- Comes back on its own: no
- From the app: Signal: open a conversation > All media, then delete large items.
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Photos, videos, voice notes and files from your Signal Desktop chats, stored encrypted in `~/Library/Application Support/Signal/attachments.noindex`. It grows with every media-heavy chat.

## What happens if you delete it?

Nothing comes back: Signal does not keep copies on its servers, and messages that point to a missing file show it as unavailable.

## How to remove it properly

Delete media from within Signal: open a conversation, view all its media, select large items and delete them. Disappearing messages keep busy chats from piling up again.

## Before you delete it

Removing files by hand breaks Signal’s references to them; always delete from the app.