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Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Posted by Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Gradle stores Log files on Mac

Dear community,

On my Mac:

Inside my Library folder there is a Log folder. There I can see AndroidStudio 1.4 / 1.5 / Beta and Preview folders. Inside this folders there are many subfolders called "threadDumps ...".

What for are this all folders?

Any idea is highly appreciated :)

Grigorij

1 Answer

Harry James
Harry James
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Harry James
Harry James
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Hey Grigorij!

Thread dumps are log files that state everything that's going on with the program, on all of the threads it runs on. They're often used for debugging purposes, so that if you have an issue with Android Studio, you can send in your thread dump for analysis.

They're not vital to running the program, and I believe Android Studio would automatically clear up old thread dumps that it no longer needs, in order to save on storage space.

Hopefully this should help explain what the threadDumps are used for and if you have any more questions, feel free to give me a shout :)

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Hey Harry,

thank you for great explanation. Do you think I can delete the folders. I have 7 different with the same name...

Harry James
Harry James
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Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hey Grigorij,

There should be no problem with deleting the folders, but I would just for safety's sake check the folders to see if they only contain dump/log files. If this is the case, you're good to go and you can delete the files without any issues.

Hope it helps :)