Do you delete your zip/rar files after you extract them?

Hi, I never delete the zip/rar files after extracting the files in the zip/rar. In my opinion, I scare that I will lost the extracted files and I will use the rar/zip files as my extra copies and I keep them in my external hard disk. So, I have a lot of rar/zip files in my computer and my external hard disk.

You're right, unnecessary files will eventually slow down your computer. I don't immediately delete zip files but I do computer housekeeping about once a month and they go then.

I always delete them. I don't see any point in keeping them around when they'll just end up making my computer much slower than it already is. I make sure the file unzipped correctly and then I put it in the recycle bin. Once I'm sure everything is good, I clean out my recycling bin every few days.

yeah i do delete the zip/rar files after extracting them. coz i have all the files i need so i guess i dont need the zip/rar files anymore

I tend to unzip a file, use it then delete the file i unzipped and keep the zipped file. This way it saves space and I keep the files labeled clearly enough that i can re-find the items if i need to. I don't zip files of photos though. I just burn those to cd/dvd and store them off my computer

Case to case. If the zip files is the one I have downloaded or received from somebody then I do delete such after I have extracted it's content. But if the zip file is the one that I have created, then I maintain it there as long as I need it in the future, the reason why I maintain the zip file is that when I have updated the contents and want to zip it again, it is faster since the program will only change its contents because the file was already in there.

i always delete zip or rar file after extracting no need to keep zip file. you receive zip file from internet because uploading many file takes time so unloader zip it make it one and upload it and zipping it make file smaller in size.

I have never extracting files if its not needed for setup.. for example only one file its needed... IO rather open it from the arcive into memory and make setup... and keeping archived file only, not extracted one.. :) .

After I verify the contents of the zip file to ensure the files work perfectly (for those people who think that it's ridiculous because the same bad file would be in the zip file, I'm not sure if they can ever be corrupted from extraction, but I make sure just in case), I delete the file. Though I don't usually empty my recycle bin and if I ever need it within the next few months it usually just sits in my recycle bin anyways.

Yes i do delete them. I see no point keeping them around afterwards when i already have the file/s.