# Possible to build UE5 without including the sample projects? **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started & Setup\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, building, question\ **Created:** [May 10, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/possible-to-build-ue5-without-including-the-sample-projects/2500600 "2025-05-10T11:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kotn3l](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@kotn3l](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/kotn3l)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/possible-to-build-ue5-without-including-the-sample-projects/2500600/1 "2025-05-10T11:50:21Z")
Hi all, I’m building UE5 from source (ue5-main), and I was wondering if there’s any way to exclude the sample projects being pulled and built into the engine? It would save precious storage space. Or can I just delete them after I build the engine? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![SupportiveEntity](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SupportiveEntity](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SupportiveEntity)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/possible-to-build-ue5-without-including-the-sample-projects/2500600/2 "2025-05-10T20:07:10Z")
Hey there @kotn3l! I don’t believe you can remove the templates out of the base engine build, but you can of course delete them after the fact without penalty, but I’d recommend retaining them. ---
**Author:** ![kotn3l](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@kotn3l](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/kotn3l)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/possible-to-build-ue5-without-including-the-sample-projects/2500600/3 "2025-05-10T22:18:03Z")
Thank you!