# How many Blokada files do I need to keep?

**URL:** <https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022 "2021-03-23T22:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![HH33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@HH33](https://community.blokada.org/u/HH33)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022/1 "2021-03-23T22:25:09Z")

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I’m using Blokada 4 within Android 6.0.1 in a stock Samsung Galaxy S5 and I’ve downloaded all Blokada updates from the Blokada site. When I search the phone for “Blokada,” I get a list of the following 6 files and their installation dates:

org.blokada.origin.alarm 24Dec2018  
blokada-update-1.apk 30Dec2020  
blokada-update-2.apk 15Feb2021  
blokada-update-3.apk 4Mar2021  
blokada-update-5.apk 15Aug2019  
blokada-update.apk 12Dec2019

Do I really need to keep all these files on my phone, or if not, which ones can I safely delete?

As a related question, could the deletion of unneeded previous APK files possibly be incorporated into new Blokada updates to help keep our phones uncluttered?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![murdock86](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/murdock86/32/147_2.png) [@murdock86](https://community.blokada.org/u/murdock86)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022/2 "2021-03-25T14:07:08Z")

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After installation, you don’t have to keep any apks. You can download the latest version of Blokada 4 off our website or older versions from our github page if you ever need to.

> [@HH33](#):
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> As a related question, could the deletion of unneeded previous APK files possibly be incorporated into new Blokada updates to help keep our phones uncluttered?

Blokada is an adblocker not a system cleaner/optimizer. It’s up to the user to keep their devices tidy.

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**Author:** ![HH33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@HH33](https://community.blokada.org/u/HH33)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022/3 "2021-03-25T19:34:00Z")

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Thanks for clearing that up. It was precisely because I was trying to keep my phone tidy that I asked the question. 😄

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/system/32/7003_2.png) [@system](https://community.blokada.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/how-many-blokada-files-do-i-need-to-keep/12022/4 "2021-04-01T19:34:11Z")

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