# Is it safe to delete Hugging Face datasets in the hub cache?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/ai-huggingface-datasets
- Item: Hugging Face datasets
- Location: `~/.cache/huggingface/hub` (items inside)
- Verdict: Review first — Might hold something you care about. Look inside before removing it.
- Comes back on its own: yes
- Typical size: 100 MB–100 GB
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Datasets downloaded from the Hugging Face Hub are stored in `~/.cache/huggingface/hub` as `datasets--<owner>--<name>` folders, next to cached models. They contain the raw dataset files for each revision you used. Sizes range from KB to hundreds of GB.

## What happens if you delete it?

A deleted dataset is downloaded again when a script loads it. Large datasets can take a long time to fetch.

## How to remove it properly

Run `hf cache ls` to see cached datasets and `hf cache rm dataset/<owner>/<name>` to delete one, permanently. Otherwise move individual `datasets--*` folders to the Trash in Finder (Go › Go to Folder… `~/.cache/huggingface/hub`).

## Before you delete it

Private or since-removed datasets may not be downloadable again.