<p>It depends.</p>

<p>If you're concerned about disk fragmentation, you can run a disk defragmenter. In Windows Vista and later, this is done automatically if your PC is on overnight. If you're using a recent version of Linux, (if the filesystem uses ext2 or better) this isn't necessary either. If you're using a solid state drive, this won't help, because it doesn't have the long seeking times of spinning hard drives. <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17126/windows-7-improve-performance-defragmenting-hard-disk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This article</a> tells you how to start the disk defragmenter on Windows manually.</p>

<p>In general, it doesn't matter very much.</p>

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The thing is I have a Macbook pro if the process you are telling me is for Windows only, I am running it on Macintosh.
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[You can defragment a Mac, but it's generally not worth it.](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5510986?tstart=0)
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<p>If I delete any of my digital desktop wallet and of course without any digital coins stored in them, Will my hard disk become spaced out of all those GB taken by the blockchain stored in my computer? </p>

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Digital wallet hard disk space
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# Digital wallet hard disk space

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-28)

If I delete any of my digital desktop wallet and of course without any digital coins stored in them, Will my hard disk become spaced out of all those GB taken by the blockchain stored in my computer?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-02-28. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

It depends.

If you're concerned about disk fragmentation, you can run a disk defragmenter. In Windows Vista and later, this is done automatically if your PC is on overnight. If you're using a recent version of Linux, (if the filesystem uses ext2 or better) this isn't necessary either. If you're using a solid state drive, this won't help, because it doesn't have the long seeking times of spinning hard drives. [This article](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17126/windows-7-improve-performance-defragmenting-hard-disk) tells you how to start the disk defragmenter on Windows manually.

In general, it doesn't matter very much.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The thing is I have a Macbook pro if the process you are telling me is for Windows only, I am running it on Macintosh.  
> **username_1**: [You can defragment a Mac, but it's generally not worth it.](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5510986?tstart=0)  

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