Lightroom backups - is it safe to remove old backup folders?

[mikeyw]

Hi

Everytime i exit lightroom it creates a new backup folder, these are starting to get quite large at nearly 1gb a time, is it safe to delete the old folders ?

I use folders inside lightroom over collections and i assume it backs up everything every time so should only need the most recent couple of backups ?

Tia,
Mike

 

[Chappers]

I tend to keep the last 3 backups, probably out of habit. You could reduce that to two. I can't see the point of more, as the data would be too out of date

 

[NinetyEight]

I always keep 3 backups on my PC, and these folders (catalogue) are also backed up to 2 external hard drives, one of which is off site.