https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683798#M101863 <P>I have not heard of this personally but one thing to try is do a "save as" for a new *.aprx file.&nbsp; Close ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Load the new *.aprx. Close ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Does the latency still exist?</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:40:17 GMT Robert_LeClair 2026-02-11T20:40:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683754#M101852 <P>Do any of you experience when you tried to exit ArcGIS Pro. Its takes a bit longer to exit when you work with a few or lots of DWG files ?</P><P>Is this a known bug or is it takes some time for the ArcGIS Pro to process remove each DWG entries at a time ?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:18:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683754#M101852 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2026-02-11T19:18:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683793#M101861 <P>If the data are all locally stored on your computer, it shouldn't.</P><P>There are no bugs listed on the public facing support site.</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:23:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683793#M101861 DanPatterson 2026-02-11T20:23:29Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683798#M101863 <P>I have not heard of this personally but one thing to try is do a "save as" for a new *.aprx file.&nbsp; Close ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Load the new *.aprx. Close ArcGIS Pro.&nbsp; Does the latency still exist?</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:40:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683798#M101863 Robert_LeClair 2026-02-11T20:40:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683813#M101867 <P>On network but all of my DWG files are within the same folder that I bring them to Pro.</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:03:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683813#M101867 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2026-02-11T21:03:37Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683815#M101868 <P>All right. Let me test it and let you know</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:03:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683815#M101868 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2026-02-11T21:03:53Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683819#M101870 <P>networks complicate any solution, but if Robert's "save-as" suggestion doesn't pan out, try moving your cad data to your local machine, then compare&nbsp;</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:07:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683819#M101870 DanPatterson 2026-02-11T21:07:50Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683827#M101871 <P>Yeah I save as a new project file with DWG_Georeference and test it with a few DWG files... I removed them and then exit .&nbsp; It exited very quickly....</P><P>I had a different project with a different name.&nbsp; I looked at the importlog...and it has 173 of them... Would that be the reason for taking a while to exit ?&nbsp; Just thought&nbsp; about that.</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:01:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683827#M101871 DEAF_PROBERT_68 2026-02-11T22:01:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683842#M101875 <P>Could be.&nbsp; You can test by removing 1/2 of the files, save as, and exit the app.&nbsp; What's the timing?&nbsp; If zippy fast, then maybe there's a magic number where ArcGIS Pro may have an issue?</P> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:39:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/remove-dwg-files-question/m-p/1683842#M101875 Robert_LeClair 2026-02-11T22:39:46Z