# What is the purpose of the "Thumbnail" items in assets folder **URL:** \ **Category:** General Help\ **Created:** [September 3, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-thumbnail-items-in-assets-folder/3137 "2024-09-03T10:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Sam\_Cook\_Evolve\_LQA](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/sam_cook_evolve_lqa/32/902_2.png) [@Sam\_Cook\_Evolve\_LQA](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Sam_Cook_Evolve_LQA)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-thumbnail-items-in-assets-folder/3137/2 "2024-09-03T11:32:12Z")
Hi @AlBourne - the thumbnail is there so that the published course can be imported back into Evolve, if necessary. So if you are very confident you wont need to import that published zip back into evolve, you can safely delete those thumbnails. There’s more info on the multiple versions of the image here: > [@Asset files - duplication](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/asset-files-duplication/2087/6): > > Hi Barry, I will chase that up and find out. Cheers-Sam Cheers-Sam --- _[View the full topic](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-thumbnail-items-in-assets-folder/3137)._