Windows .blend1 files autosave?

[robertpdx]

I have a bunch of .blend1 files in my project folder. I’m assuming these are auto-save files and deleted them.

Correct to do so? My OS is Win10.

[jakarta]

Yes, this autosave
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/troubleshooting/recover.html#troubleshooting-file-recovery