# Can I delete Heroic Wine prefixes on Mac?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/games-heroic-prefixes
- Item: Heroic Wine prefixes
- Location: `~/Games/Heroic/Prefixes` (items inside)
- Verdict: Keep — your data — Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
- Comes back on its own: no
- From the app: Heroic: open the game's settings to remove its prefix after uninstalling.
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Heroic Games Launcher creates a Wine prefix per Windows game in `~/Games/Heroic/Prefixes`: a small Windows environment holding the game’s registry, settings and often its save files. Each typically takes a GB or more.

## What happens if you delete it?

A deleted prefix is recreated empty the next time the game runs, but the settings and any saves stored inside it are lost.

## How to remove it properly

Uninstall the game in Heroic first and make sure its saves are synced (where the store supports cloud saves) or backed up. Then remove the prefix from Heroic, or move its folder to the Trash.

## Before you delete it

Many games keep saves only inside the prefix, under `drive_c/users`; copy that folder first if in doubt.