Cleaning/clearing Vortex staging folder

[TechDaddy]

Question: Can Vortex be configured to allow deleting of staging files after a mod has been installed?

 

The staging folder is taking up nearly 100 GB on my SSD, which I need to reclaim. Once mods are installed, there's no need to maintain a duplicate copy of all files, especially since it already stores the downloaded zip.

 

I know the folder can be moved from within Vortex, but that's not a solution. I want to be able to clear it periodically to reclaim space.

 

Thanks.

[HadToRegister]

The files in the Staging Folder ARE the installed Mods.
If you delete those, then you break the symlinks, and the mods disappear from your game mod/data folder

The Files in the Staging Folder are NOT duplicates of the files in your Game folder, they ARE the installed mods.

The files only physically exist in the Mod Staging Folder, the Mods in the game folder are only links.
Windows however, incorrectly reports the files as taking up twice the space.

[TechDaddy]

Confirmed. Thanks.