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Mac disk cleanup guide: which caches you can delete, and how
Every entry below is a location Thermo actually cleans: the paths, whether it is safe, and which apps to quit first all come from Thermo’s own cleanup rules. Open one for the explanation and the manual commands, or let Thermo clean it safely in one click.
AI sessions
- Claude Code session history (~/.claude/projects): safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/.claude/projects - Codex CLI sessions (~/.codex/sessions): safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/.codex/sessions - Gemini CLI chat history in ~/.gemini/tmp: safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/.gemini/tmp
AI models
- Ollama models taking up space on Mac: how to delete themCheck before deleting
~/.ollama/models - Hugging Face cache (~/.cache/huggingface/hub): safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/.cache/huggingface/hub - LM Studio models taking up space: how to delete them on MacCheck before deleting
~/.lmstudio/models
AI tool caches
- Claude Code ~/.claude debug logs & cache: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.claude/debug - Claude desktop app cache on Mac: safe to clear?Safe to delete
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/Cache - Claude desktop vm_bundles taking up space: can you delete it?Check before deleting
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/vm_bundles - ChatGPT and Codex app cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/com.openai.chat - Cursor editor cache on Mac: safe to delete CachedData?Safe to delete
~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/Cache - Windsurf editor cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Application Support/Windsurf/Cache - Gemini CLI ~/.gemini/tmp/bin: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.gemini/tmp/bin - Hugging Face xet & datasets download cache: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.cache/huggingface/xet - ms-playwright and Puppeteer browsers on Mac: safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright - ~/.npm/_npx taking up space? MCP server caches explainedSafe to delete
~/.npm/_npx
Developer caches
- VS Code cache on Mac: safe to delete CachedData and logs?Safe to delete
~/Library/Application Support/Code/Cache - npm cache (~/.npm/_cacache) on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.npm/_cacache - Yarn cache on Mac: safe to delete? How to clear itSafe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Yarn - pnpm store taking up space on Mac: safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/Library/pnpm/store - Bun install cache (~/.bun/install/cache): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.bun/install/cache - Deno cache on Mac (~/Library/Caches/deno): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/deno - node-gyp cache on Mac: safe to delete the Node headers?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/node-gyp - pip cache on Mac (~/Library/Caches/pip): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/pip - uv cache on Mac: safe to delete? How to clear itSafe to delete
~/.cache/uv - Poetry cache on Mac (~/Library/Caches/pypoetry): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/pypoetry - Conda pkgs folder taking up space: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/miniconda3/pkgs - Homebrew cache (~/Library/Caches/Homebrew): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Homebrew - Cargo registry cache (~/.cargo/registry): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.cargo/registry/cache - Go build cache (~/Library/Caches/go-build): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/go-build - Gradle caches (~/.gradle/caches) on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/.gradle/caches - Maven ~/.m2/repository taking up space: can you delete it?Check before deleting
~/.m2/repository - CocoaPods cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods - Swift Package Manager cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/org.swift.swiftpm - Flutter/Dart ~/.pub-cache taking up space: safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/.pub-cache/hosted - JetBrains IDE caches on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/JetBrains - Composer cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/composer - Docker Desktop using too much disk on Mac? How to reclaim itCheck before deleting
Xcode
- Xcode DerivedData taking up space: can you delete it?Safe to delete
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData - iOS DeviceSupport folder taking up space: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport - Xcode Archives taking up space: is it safe to delete them?Check before deleting
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives - Xcode caches and SwiftUI Previews data: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode - CoreSimulator logs on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Logs/CoreSimulator
Browser caches
- Google Chrome cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome - Microsoft Edge cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Microsoft Edge - Brave browser cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware - Arc browser cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Arc - Firefox cache on Mac (~/Library/Caches/Firefox): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/Firefox - Safari cache on Mac (com.apple.Safari): safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
System & apps
- ~/Library/Logs taking up space on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Logs - Trash on Mac (~/.Trash) taking up space: how to empty itCheck before deleting
~/.Trash - Old .dmg and .pkg installers in Downloads: safe to delete?Check before deleting
~/Downloads - iPhone backups on Mac taking up space: safe to delete old ones?Check before deleting
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup - iPhone Software Updates folder on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates - Mail Downloads folder on Mac: safe to delete attachments?Safe to delete
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads - Slack, Discord and Teams cache on Mac: safe to delete?Safe to delete
~/Library/Application Support/Slack/Cache