are .log and .dic files safe to delete?

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l noticed that l have some of these files. please see attachment. they dont take up a lot of space, but surely slows down computer with all these files? Screen Shot 2019-06-21 at 16.18.13.png
just delete normal way? thanks.
 

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It matters more WHERE these files are located. Log files are generally small and useful to have around and DO NOT slow down a computer with a lot of them sprinkled around. This has nothing to do with the performance of the machine.

.dic files are Dictionary files and you should not be deleting files directly, but rather if you don't wish to support a particular language, you can go into Language & Region in Sys Prefs and remove unused ones.
 
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Thanks for letting me know, in future l won't delete. hopefully it shouldnt have any adverse effect
 

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