Title: Scan reports 57 old WordPress files left over after 6.2 upgrade – legit?
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# Scan reports 57 old WordPress files left over after 6.2 upgrade – legit?

 *  [Floris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/florismk/)
 * (@florismk)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-reports-57-old-wordpress-files-left-over-after-6-2-upgrade-legit/)
 * So after my site auto-updated to 6.2, WordFence ran an autoscan and reported 
   no less than 57 WordPress Core files left over.
 * Old WordPress core file not deleted during update: wp-includes/Requests/Cookie/
   Jar.php
   Type: File
 * I’ve had these scan results before, but usually with 1 or 2 files. This is a 
   whole other order of magnitude. I can bulk-delete the reported files, but am 
   worried that WordFence may be wrong here, and that the reported files are still
   part of Core.
 * This is a selection of the files reported:
 * wp-includes/Requests/Cookie/Jar.php
   wp-includes/Requests/Auth.phpwp-includes/
   Requests/Cookie.phpwp-includes/Requests/Exception/HTTP/30x.php (multiple)wp-includes/
   Requests/Exception/HTTP/40x.php (multiple)
 * All these look to me like legit WP files, and improble that a minor release like
   6.2 would move or rename all of them.
 * Is WordFence right here? How can I find out for myself?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fscan-reports-57-old-wordpress-files-left-over-after-6-2-upgrade-legit%2Fpage%2F2%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [josemario](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josemario/)
 * (@josemario)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-reports-57-old-wordpress-files-left-over-after-6-2-upgrade-legit/page/2/#post-17297802)
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 * [@spendleton8801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spendleton8801/)
 * This really seems like an appropriate guideline!
   I have not deleted any files
   highlighted by Wordfence as “Old WordPress core file not removed during update”.
   I noticed that with each new WordPress update, the previous files stop being “
   highlighted” by Wordfence and, eventually, new files “highlighted” by Wordfence
   appear.**It seems that the problem resolves itself with each new WordPress update…**
   Thanks for your guidance!

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