Can I delete empty macromedia flash player folders on OS X?

I did a search for empty folders on my MacBook and found thousands of empty folders in User/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flas鈥?Player/#SharedObjects. If is running 10.4.11. Although they are not taking up any appreciable amount of space they do add to the number of folders the OS has to track, so can they be deleted without causing trouble?Can I delete empty macromedia flash player folders on OS X?
The folders are similar to cookies in a Web browser. You can safely trash them, but they take up no space, so you don't gain anything.





Also, they don't contain any hidden (invisible';) files. To see this for yourself, trash all of the folders. Go to the link below. It shows a Flash movie (actually just a one frame movie) that displays the version of Flash Player on your Mac. It also places a new folder in the #SharedObjects folder. Open Terminal. Without the '; '; marks, type:


';cd library/preferences/macromedia/flash\ player/#SharedObjects';


(Note that there is a space after ';cd'; and after ';flash\ ';)


Press ';return';.


Type ';ls'; (a UNIX list command)


Press return. (You should see the name of the new shared objects folder that was created by viewing the online movie.)


Type ';cd XS2P2W7Y'; (or whatever is the name of that folder)


Press return.


Type ';ls -a'; (UNIX command to list all, including ';invisible'; items)





You will not see any files listed, only . and .. which merely connect to the current directory and the next directory up the hierarchy.Can I delete empty macromedia flash player folders on OS X?
You better not delete them because they might be related to some program or the other and could also contain hidden or encrypted files.