After I build from GitHub, can I remove my solution's local UE4 files?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I created a C++ project using the Epic Games Launcher, and later downloaded and compiled the UE4 source from GitHub. I then pointed my project to that version of the engine (using the “Switch Unreal Engine version” context menu command). Everything seems to work fine.

I then removed the UE4 directory from my project, and rebuilt it without error. Is this okay to do? I figure it’s probably not a good idea to keep a different, unused version of the engine code in my solution.

If that’s okay, can I also remove the “Programs” directory and the projects within from the solution as well? Or will I still need my local copy of those?

Thank you.

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Confused by “I then removed the UE4 directory from my project”.

Typically, the engine source and binaries are stored separately from your project source and binaries. A totally different directory. Also - the same engine is used for multiple projects.

Hope that helps.

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You can uninstall the binary version of the engine if you are going to build it from source.