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Autodesk Revit Journal Debug Logs (journal.0001.txt)

Space: 2 GB – 15 GB+ creative Windows

Quick Answer: Revit logs every click and command into text journal files (journal.XXXX.txt). Deleting old journal files is safe.

Bottom Line: It is 100% safe to delete Revit journal files (journal.0001.txt, journal.0002.txt). Revit creates a new plain-text journal file every time the application launches.

What are Revit Journal Files?

Located at %LocalAppData%\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit <Version>\Journals, Revit records every user interaction for crash debugging. Over time, thousands of text files fill up your SSD.

How to Delete Revit Journals

del /f /q /s "%LocalAppData%\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2024\Journals\journal.*.txt"

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