Is the Mathworks folder necessary to run properly?

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Gilles Depypere on 14 Jul 2015

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Edited: Pedapudi Bharath Raja Bhoopal on 7 Oct 2020

When installing MATLAB, it creates a folder in the download directory called 'Mathworks'. Is this folder required for Matlab to run properly or is it something that is only necessary during the installation? Can I delete this folder without any harm to the program itself?

(I'm sorry if this isn't the right section, I just didn't know where else to ask this)

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Liam Hartenstein on 10 Sep 2016

im having the same problem

Walter Roberson on 10 Sep 2016

My answer remains the same: you can delete the folder after installation. It is acting as a cache, which would speed up re-installation if you ever had reason to do that.

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Walter Roberson on 15 Jul 2015

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You can delete the folder after installation. The folder is used to store the package for MATLAB and for all of the toolboxes you request to download, ready for installation. If you had reason to do a reinstall you could work from there instead of having to re-download everything.