What to do with duplicate files?

Hello. I recently installed "Disk Clean Pro" and run "find duplicate files. Most of the records found have recognizable names and so I can easily decide if they should be "cleaned" or not. However, a lot of files is a string of alphanumeric 40 who have no sense. My question is: is it 'safe' clean up these files or are important and should be left as is? Thanks in advance for your help with this. See you soon. Adrian

If you don't know what a file is, so do not delete it. Badly designed finders only duplicate check a file name and possibly the size. But two files with the same name and size may have different content or can be in two different places for a reason. What you don't know can kill the operating system.

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  1. You can remove the data from your file except for the folder/Home/Library /.
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