Remove auto leaves

No, don't do it!! They are making the bulk of the energy your plant requires for it to grow. Removing any healthy green leaves will reduce energy production, which will slow growth, leading to potentially smaller growth too, especially with autos and their limited vegetative phase. Your plant will grow her biggest and best flowers with all her leaves left alone, unless they go yellow, then cut them off, once yellow. Maximum healthy green leaves = maximum energy production = maximum growth. This is basic plant biology 101. The "potential bud sites" are relying on the big fan leaves to make the energy that they need to grow, and light we humans can not see, will actually penetrate upper leaves to strike lower leaves and stimulate photosynthesis, therefore making vital energy for growth. Cutting off healthy green leaves will just stimulate your plant to grow new healthy green leaves, which is a pointless and energy wasting exercise. Plants CAN NOT "channel" energy, all energy is used throughout the plant equally. Less leaves = less energy = less growth. Hope this helps,......... Organoman.

at week 5 you are in the flower stage - Yes; remove all the BIG fan leaves - Now -----Here is the Auto grow cycles: Veg stage is 1st three (3) weeks and flower stage is 10-12 weeks

You can place yourself on top of the plant and see if the big leafs are covering possible budsites. From the picture it doesnt look they are covering anything, and they are nice solar arrays getting light to the plant, so i would rather tuck them away and organize them than removing them. Try to get light to every leaf and intentended budsite. As i said place your head where your lamp should be and see whats covered. The plant is not bushy as said previously so no need for defoliation. Just carry the LST like youv been doing. ^^ Btw im no expert this is just my opinion and tips based on what i read online and from seeing your grow xP