# Decrypting orphaned resource files

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/decrypting-orphaned-resource-files/32418>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [27 August 2023 00:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/decrypting-orphaned-resource-files/32418 "2023-08-27T00:14:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [30 August 2023 21:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/decrypting-orphaned-resource-files/32418/4 "2023-08-30T21:42:31Z")

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In the past I have noticed that I can have `.crypted` files in **resources** that do not have an unencrypted counterpart as that unencrypted resource has previously been deleted and purged.

According to this post regarding `.crypted` files, they are just cache files and can be deleted.

> [@Lots of .crypted files in resources folder after disabling encryption](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/lots-of-crypted-files-in-resources-folder-after-disabling-encryption/16805/2):
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> They are cache files so you can delete them.

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