<p>Delete the "blocks" and "chainstate" directories.</p>

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2014-02-03T10:55:55.117Z
2014-02-03T10:55:55.117Z
Blinking7
<p>I have bitcoind installed and I'd like to free up space by deleting the blockchain from my .bitcoin directory. What set of files and directories should I delete such that the next time I start bitcoind it will recover gracefully by downloading the blockchain again?</p>

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2014-02-02T17:27:44.080Z
related: [Can the blk0001.dat and blk0002.dat files be deleted?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/4594/5406)
Murch
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safely delete the blockchain from .bitcoin directory
RentFree
# safely delete the blockchain from .bitcoin directory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-02)

I have bitcoind installed and I'd like to free up space by deleting the blockchain from my .bitcoin directory. What set of files and directories should I delete such that the next time I start bitcoind it will recover gracefully by downloading the blockchain again?

**Tags:** bitcoind, blockchain, storage-footprint

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: related: [Can the blk0001.dat and blk0002.dat files be deleted?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/4594/5406)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-03. Score: 5

Delete the "blocks" and "chainstate" directories.


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