# Does Pinegrow Pro add extra files when opening a HTML folder as Project?
**URL:** https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238
**Category:** Pinegrow PRO
**Created:** [July 13, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238 "2023-07-13T04:17:23Z")
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### Author:  [@globbersteir](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/globbersteir)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238/1 "2023-07-13T04:17:23Z")
I am using Pinegrow Pro and I already have a HTML template from a marketplace.
In order to edit the full HTML project, in the welcome window, I go to Open \> Project \> and here I would select the HTML folder (which also has a sub-folder with assets, and css, js subfolders as well).
**1) Can you please advise if when opening a HTML folder as Project, does Pinegrow modify or add any other files than this one `pinegrow.json` and the `_pgbackup` folder?**
**2) can I just delete the .json file when editing the HTML inside Pinegrow? (I have done it before, but checking if it won’t break functionality)**
PS: I don’t use Pinegrow for Master Pages or Components for the moment, I am aware of the HTML code tweaks when using these features.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@adamslowe](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/adamslowe)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238/2 "2023-07-13T13:01:55Z")
Pinegrow will create a pinengrow.json file, the \_pgbackup directory, and a \_pginfo directory with fonts.json when it opens an existing folder as a project. When it creates a new project, it will also add a ./css/style.css file by default.
Enabling the design panel, Pinwgrow CMS, WordPress plugin, tailwind plugin, etc. will create some additional files needed to track project-wide properties that don’t belong in individual HTML files. Otherwise, all design-related stuff will stay in your HTML and CSS files.
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### Author:  [@globbersteir](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/globbersteir)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238/3 "2023-07-13T13:22:42Z")
So if i delete these files after editing visually the HTML code in Pinegrow, will it mean that it won’t break the HTML design right?
What I am trying to say is if I delete the file and directories created by Pinegrow AFTER editing the HTML in Pinegrow, I should still have a working HTML code that does not get 404s for resources ? (i.e. 404 for the json or 404 for the directories)
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### Author:  [@adamslowe](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/adamslowe)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238/4 "2023-07-13T14:04:41Z")
That’s correct. Those files are just for Pinegrow’s use. Any changes you make to the design are saved in the HTML and CSS just as if you were manually editing them.
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### Author:  [@globbersteir](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/globbersteir)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/does-pinegrow-pro-add-extra-files-when-opening-a-html-folder-as-project/8238/5 "2023-07-14T01:16:54Z")
beautiful, this is music to my ears or golden nuggets to my eyes 😃
Thank you!