Keep the Saved folder when you uninstall a build in ADT Hub (Windows and macOS)

Last updated on November 9, 2026

Overview​

Keep a build's logs and performance traces in its Saved folder when you uninstall the build, and find the kept folder afterwards.

This guide uses AccelByte Development Toolkit (ADT) Hub on Windows. The steps are the same on macOS.

Prerequisites​

  • ADT Hub 1.12.4 or later, on Windows or macOS.
  • The build has a folder named Saved inside its build folder, up to four folder levels deep. In My Builds, the Size column shows Saved folder with its size. If it shows No Saved folder, there is nothing to keep.

You do not need this guide for automatic removal. Thursday removal and Remove now always keep the Saved folder.

Steps​

Step 1: Set your default​

The default decides whether the keep checkbox starts ticked, and what happens when Hub uninstalls without a dialog.

  1. In ADT Hub, click your namespace and select Application Settings.
  2. Select Downloads.
  3. Turn on Keep the Saved folder when I uninstall a build to keep logs and traces by default. Leave it off (the default) to remove all files and subfolders by default.

This default also applies when a build is uninstalled without a dialog:

  • When you uninstall a build from its build page.
  • When a channel admin removes the build from your computer. See Remove builds from players.

Step 2: Choose for one uninstall​

  1. Go to My Builds.
  2. Click the trash icon on the build's row, or tick several builds and click Uninstall in the bar above the list.
  3. In the Uninstall Build dialog, tick or untick Keep logs and traces (Saved folder, size). The size is the total of all selected builds' Saved folders.
  4. Click Uninstall.

Your choice applies to this uninstall only. It does not change your default.

The checkbox is not shown when none of the selected builds has a Saved folder.

Step 3: Find the kept folder​

After the uninstall, a card appears in the notification panel's Activity tab:

  • Saved folder kept for Build name for one build.
  • Saved folders kept for N uninstalled builds for several.

The card shows each folder's location and size.

  1. Click Open folder to open the folder.
  2. Click Dismiss when you no longer need the card. The card stays until you dismiss it.

For automatic removals, find kept folders in My Builds > Removal history instead.

Validation​

  • The build is gone from My Builds.
  • The Saved folder kept card shows the folder's path. Open folder opens it, and your logs and traces are inside.
  • Everything else in the build folder is removed.

Troubleshooting​

  • Symptom: No Keep logs and traces checkbox in the dialog. Fix: Hub found no Saved folder inside the selected builds' folders. If your game writes logs elsewhere, for example to your user profile folder, Hub does not touch them.
  • Symptom: No Saved folder kept card after the uninstall. Fix: Check that Logs and traces kept is on in Application Settings > Notifications. The card is also not shown when the build had no Saved folder.
  • Symptom: "Build name could not be uninstalled. Try again from My Builds." Fix: Close the game and any program using files in the build folder, then try again. Hub also refuses to delete a build folder that is outside your installation folders, or a Saved folder that is a link to another location.
  • Symptom: Disk space is still used after uninstalling with the folder kept. Fix: Kept Saved folders still use space, and Hub never deletes them. Delete a folder yourself when you no longer need it.
  • Symptom: Files you created inside the build folder are gone after an uninstall. Fix: Uninstall removes the whole build folder apart from any Saved folder you keep. Store your own files outside the build folder.

Next steps​

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