What does "Path=" mean in a component?

Software
1

I notice that some of the components in my schematics suddenly have a couple of extra lines added, containing a Path= statement, like this:

$Comp
L +10V #PWR73
U 1 1 55A2DF56
P 11150 8900
AR Path="/55A2DF56" Ref="#PWR73" Part=“1”
AR Path="/55A07356/55A2DF56" Ref="#PWR039" Part=“1”
F 0 “#PWR039” H 11150 8990 20 0001 C CNN
F 1 “+10V” V 11100 8950 30 0000 C CNN
F 2 “” H 11150 8900 60 0000 C CNN
F 3 “” H 11150 8900 60 0000 C CNN
1 11150 8900
0 1 1 0
$EndComp

I have searched and Googled, but nothing about this has shown up. I wonder what the effect of these lines is, why they are there, and if it is safe to delete them?

2

Those give the path to each instance of the component in a hierarchical schematic (note that you can have multiple instances of the same sheet within a hierarchy, so the same component object inside the file will have multiple references and IDs). No, you can’t delete them.