com.canva.affinity.quicklook

What is com.canva.affinity.quicklook?

~/Library/Containers/com.canva.affinity.quicklook is a per-user macOS container for an Affinity Quick Look component. Quick Look is the system feature that lets Finder show previews and thumbnails when you select a file or press the space bar. In this case, the container is associated with Affinity document previewing, so it can hold sandboxed data the preview extension uses while generating or caching previews for supported files. Users typically encounter it only when reviewing Library storage, troubleshooting Finder previews, or cleaning up app data after removing creative software. This is not a document folder for your projects, but removing it can reset preview-related data and may temporarily affect thumbnail or Quick Look behavior until Affinity or Finder rebuilds it.

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

This folder is user-level app container data, not a core macOS system component. Removing it is generally low risk for your documents, but it can clear Quick Look preview data and may cause Finder thumbnails or space-bar previews for Affinity files to stop working until the related app or extension recreates the container. The path name uses com.canva.affinity.quicklook while older Affinity Mac software has also used Serif-based identifiers, so if you rely on Affinity previews, confirm the related app still works after cleanup.

Recommendation: Keep this container if you actively use Affinity and want Finder previews for Affinity files to work smoothly. If you no longer use Affinity, you can remove the folder as part of cleanup; the main effect is losing stored preview data, and macOS or the app may recreate it later if the Quick Look extension is used again.

File path

• ~/Library/Containers/com.canva.affinity.quicklook

Related apps

• Affinity Designer
• Affinity Photo
• Affinity Publisher

Related processes

• QuickLookUIService

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