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metalleg
3 years agoNew Contributor
Auto-generated Application Support folders
I keep strict control over the files and directories on my machine and today I noticed that 1Password 8 (8.10.3) on macOS (13.2.1) creates the following directories in Application Support whenever it...
1P_Dave
Moderator
3 years agoHello metalleg! 👋
The folders that you're seeing are native messaging files that the 1Password desktop app uses to communicate with the 1Password browser extension.
1Password creates the native messaging files for all supported browsers since they're required in order for the desktop app to communicate with the browser extension in those browsers. If 1Password only installed native messaging files for currently installed browsers then a browser installed after 1Password was installed wouldn't have the native messaging files and the 1Password extension in that browser wouldn't be able to communicate with the 1Password desktop app.
The native messaging files for the browsers that you're not currently using can be left where they are, they won't cause any issues and take up almost no space.
-Dave