Are Dat files necessary

Smitty523
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I have a lot of these files on computer (windows) Are they necessary for Quicken to operate properly
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Yes and no. You can delete them, but Quicken will just create them again, so it will be a never ending battle.
-splasher using Q continuously since 1996
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There is an existing Idea to move the .DAT files out of the data directory and into the application data area, where they belong. Vote here:
Quicken user since version 2 for DOS, as of 2025 using QWin Premier (US) on Win10 Pro & Win11 Pro on 2 PCs.
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