Files created when saving new document

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When I make a new .tex document, three other files are created as well, .pdf, .aux and .synctex. I want the .pdf file, but are the other two necessary, can I delete them? Can I tell latex to not create .aux and .synctex files?

Possibly also not a duplicate of that specific question, this is more of a question of relevance rather than how to delete them... — 1010011010, Apr 19 '15 at 19:32
\nofiles in the preamble will prevent generation of files, but it's not recommended, since it will prevent the generation of the correct labelling/referencing information as well the ToC related content — , Apr 19 '15 at 19:52
If you don't consider that to be a duplicate, here is the duplicate for the other half of the question: Prevent pdflatex from writing a bunch of files — Paul Gessler, Apr 19 '15 at 20:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '15 at 19:53

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\nofiles in the preamble prevents the generation of the helper files. However, this will lead to the fact that

.aux
.toc
.idx
.lof
.lot
.gls
.bbl

and all job-dependent files can't be written, so changes made after \nofiles is applied won't be updated, leading most probably to wrong references and page numbers. Those files are generated by the (La)TeX compilation step, in conjunction with other tools such as makeindex or biber.

There is no way in TeX itself to delete files (as far as I know)

answered Apr 19 '15 at 19:53

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Prevent pdflatex from writing a bunch of files – Paul Gessler Apr 19 '15 at 20:08
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@PaulGessler: Thanks, did not search for that ;-) – Apr 19 '15 at 20:09

Files created when saving new document

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