Clear System Data Storage on Your Mac - macOS Sonoma

[@nathaliealkazzi]

I couldn't understand why I had no storage left even tho I kept removing more than 60gb worth of files from my laptop but now I was able to remove 290GB !!!! This video just saved my life thank you so much

[@fnkcgxgkgcfu]

i only had 2.5Gb of cache but system data still taking 11Gb's more

[@FezOutdoors]

@@fnkcgxgkgcfu same i am trying to clear some of that systems data

[@LegolasD]

But this dude talked for 8 min on something that should be a 20 second short

[@SEO-xk1ft]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hello-j1v2b]

Me too!, I have used 244GB out of 245GB and nothing i delete reduces the storage so this video wil hopefully help me! Update:..Itt didnt work. I have almost no caches which take up alot of storage.

[@JuliaUtset]

Saved my life, cleared a lot of storage in 5min and all running properly atm, thanks a lot!!!

[@josuajosua7586]

I'M SO DAMN HAPPY TO FIND THIS VIDEO! CACHES IN MY MAC WAS OVER 300 GB, I wondered for almost a year why I have so much shit in my mac and couldn't find any answer or solution until I watch this. THANK YOU 💙

[@Fubeman]

Great video. Thanks! BTW, at 2:42, that symbol is called a Tilde. It is used in math symbols, programming as well as in Latin and Spanish languages, often used with the "eñe" letter (ñ).

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Thanks for this info, Fubeman! I didn't know it's used in programming and math.

[@007Yasir]

@@AMIRBENDABIyou can use it as well to navigate from one open document to another in any open app, Cmnd+~

[@bkvagnini]

@@AMIRBENDABIIt represents your profile home folder

[@mitchietorres_stan]

i think in spanish that symbol means more or less not tilde

[@Fubeman]

@@mitchietorres_stan no it doesn’t. My family are both from Argentina as well as Spain and you are incorrect. See my original comment for what the tilde symbol is used for. There is no Spanish “more or less” symbol.

[@briansmith5903]

most useful mac storage video i've ever seen! Really appreciate the effort!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Thanks for the nice comment, and I'm glad it was helpful : )

[@NotTryHardXShorts]

This video was a lifesaver! Just cleared over 200gb of storage, I guess it was all screen recordings!

[@Filosofos1]

What were you recording hmm 🤨🤨🤨

[@NotTryHardXShorts]

@@Filosofos1unnecessary zoom recording from college

[@Rumbl1x]

same

[@calahad]

Finally, someone! I've spent months on and off looking for a solution to this but nothing worked. This did the trick. My Adobe folder in the cache was 90 GB, which got freed up.

[@iandevitt6089]

Just deleted over 300 gb of Adobe Cache off my computer! This was the most straight to the point, no nonsense video I've ever seen! Thank you so much

[@radium05]

Hey boss. Thanks! Also, you had it right the first time. It’s “Directory”, not “Trajectory.”

[@bernardmadden7581]

Thank you very much for posting this video. I use Adobe CC every day and had accumulated over 200GB in the cache folder. This video helped me clean all those files out. Now all Adobe CC apps are running better than every. THanks again.

[@mitchellsmith4601]

The ~ (it’s called a tilde) denotes the user’s home folder, so ~/Library is the user’s home library, while /Library is the Mac’s Library folder, and is used by all users. There’s also /System/Library but it’s read-only for users, and as everything in System is now cryptographically signed by Apple, I suspect any modifications to anything in System will result in your Mac warning you on the next reboot that you need to reinstall macOS. You might be able to test this by logging-in as root in Terminal and renaming or deleting a folder inside System.

[@marcosahertian]

When I typed ~/Library, it won't open anything. Could someone help?

[@jerrymiemarcus]

@@marcosahertian If your mac is in another language, it's a different word. For example, in my language its ~/Bibliotheek

[@BrickEffect]

The only video that actually cleans up spaces, i have to find this video at least 3 times a year to get anywhere with my storage management 😭😭😭🙏🏾

[@HarryKwastaken]

Sir, you are an enlightened human being. I had over 600 gigs ONLY in Adobe. THANK YOU!!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad I could help brother!

[@m44studios]

IKRR! this adobe had populated multi versions of AE of 300 gigs, creative cloud def has to clear its prev versns. was angry at mac os for a sec. videos like these is why ppl pay for net.

[@communitytherapy]

bro same wtf

[@VanityandSinh]

Life saver!! It wasn't caches for me that were taking up so much space, but because you directed me to the library, I was able to find that there were almost 300G of accidental screen recordings!!!! I've been trying to figure out for the longest time what was in that black box called "System Storage." Thank you sooooo much!

[@jalupratama6405]

so many video that i watched about this problem. today i got my 270gb system data and i tried to search the solution until i found your video, Thanks a lot u just saved my storage💜

[@Rh-ky8bg]

Whoa dude thank you so much!! All I wanted was to be 50GB away from being full. Was struggling going through documents to reach that goal. After following the steps I have 150+ GB free!! You're awesome. My laptop even seems way smoother now.

[@Thowildon]

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! I've had full storage for months, going to various places to try and fix this! Went to this video and found out I had over 300GB of screen recordings. Thank you!!

[@ISLanguaging]

I was just planning to buy a new MacBook and you saved my 1000 dollar. Thanks buddy!

[@smallduck1001001]

On most Apple US keyboards, going back to before the Mac, the backtick (unshifted) and tilde (shifted) key has been to the immediate left of the "1" key. There have been some exceptions where the Esc key took that spot beside the "1" instead, and the backtick/tilde key was either somewhere to the left of the space bar (weird!) or between the quote key and a narrower return key (the weirdest keyboards had the backtick/tilde key and the backslash/vertical bar key on either side of the space bar).

[@rmxs3000]

Wow, thanks, Amir! Been looking through many various solutions. Yours is the only one that actually freed up almost 400GB of storage on my SSD.

[@Wiseyflow]

THANK YOU! THIS IS THE ONLY VID THAT WORKED SAVED 100GB

[@Superboy8545]

You are a saint. I managed to delete over 600GB of cache files. Can't believe I was working on my computer with all that junk just sitting there. So grateful for this video

[@joshofthenorth]

You deserve a nobel prize for this. THANK YOU

[@clawcraziness]

MY GOD I was about to get a new computer, thank you!

[@e.f7877]

System data has also occupied a big chunk of my storage however, the size of caches file is only 720MB , do you maybe have another suggestion?

[@ethanzav7595]

me to i had 728MB

[@greengorilla]

@e.f7877 Notice how there is no response to your query. I have only 3Gbs of cache storage but over 130Gbs of system data storage. Clearly, there is something more going on that what this creator knows about when it comes to system data usage.

[@MagaliTerreri]

Same for me.. would be great to have another suggestion how to clean the system data

[@influxis1499]

Me too hope we can find answers!!

[@drewvonporte]

Also in the same boat... going to keep looking for an answer....

[@9711964882]

You just helped me get back 150GB.. and not even going through those worthless paid apps.. thanks a lot!

[@janafotheringham619]

So my caches are only 2.2 GB but my system data is over 500 GB what do you suggest next…

[@athenaava461]

hey what did you do then?

[@totallymorpheus]

Me too, less than 2GB in Cashes, but 273GB system data. Any ideas?

[@achekholbeckal889]

delete the apps reinstall what you need, when reinstall all the previous data been cleared, housekeeping are a good practice on every sytem

[@Humaniol___2024]

I have only caches is 937 mb and system data is 503 gb but my ssd storage is only 500 gb how it possible, 😭 plz give me solution and my mac is out of storage.

[@alastairclarke]

Same. 2GB in cache. 304GB in system data. This video is garbage.

[@carolinasalcedo4256]

This just helped me remove 310GB worth of System Data where our Tech Support company could not figure it out. Thank you! And yes, Adobe was the culprit for me as well.

[@eclbirkeland]

This is amazing! I found that I have 250 GB of old After Effects versions still hanging around (while the cache for my current version of Ae, which I don’t use as much anymore, is 1.5 MB). Thank you! ❤

[@andrf7364]

Oh man this is gold! I had previously noted the system data thing but didn't know what to do. I confirm the problem was Adobe, specifically After Effects (which I don't even use that much so wtf). Now my macbook is 250GB lighter and feeling so much better. THANK YOU

[@ct7483]

I had over 900GB of system data storage... lol... and yes, the culprit was Adobe since I use their softwares for my job. I'm so glad I found this, thank you so much! 🙏

[@AbrahamVelarde]

Thanks!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're most welcome, Abraham. Thanks so much for the superthanks : )

[@DilemmaDreamer]

Thanks to your video I deleted 400GB of System Data! Thank you so much!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad I could help : )

[@fullsendco]

Been searching how to do this for an hour and this video saved me in 5 minutes. Thank you so much!

[@Eric-qi9us]

fortunately mine was really small so I didn't really need to clean up but good to know about this and definitely will try this out when it gets bigger in the future. Excellent video!

[@__withMark]

You just helped recover 500GB on my Macbook. Thanks Amir!

[@PhoenixReflex]

Thanks for the video. The sign is called "tilde".

[@lichlive4185]

You're the best!!! helped me delete almost 400 gigs of data in a few minutes!!!

[@Maahi381]

Hey, my Mac's storage shows 48GB of System Data, but I only found 330MB in the Caches folder. How do I remove it? I am on Sonoma 14.3.

[@kimboclara1]

I'd like to know this also, I have a whopping 180GB of system data and when Ilook in Caches there's virtually nothing there to delete. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@cekuhnen]

@@kimboclara1 some apps store data in application support etc and I saw that this was counted as system data !!!!

[@ThatOtherMikeyGuy]

@@kimboclara1 Yeah, same. My entire HD is now full of 'system data' making the mac virtually unusable but I can't find it anywhere on the disk itself

[@kimboclara1]

@@ThatOtherMikeyGuy it’s so frustrating.

[@ThatOtherMikeyGuy]

@@kimboclara1 If it helps, I found the main villain on my Mac - a folder called "iCloud Archive" which was over 200GB on my HD. The hard part was making it visible. I have no idea how I managed it, it was invisible when I first started looking and at some stage it just suddenly showed up!

[@michaelirava]

OMG 😮 Thank you so much. This just saved me from having to keep deleting and moving files around just to save space. Thanks for this valuable piece of content. You've just earned another subscriber ❤🎉

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

Ty so much can you do the same thing on Iphone and Ipad with the system data files taking up space? if so how?

[@martineastwood1]

Brother - thank you so much! For years I could not solve this issue. I followed your instructions and then proceeded to delete catch and group containers folder. Saved me 40gb of system space which is 1/3 of my system. I was running on only 1gb of available space. Thank you so much, legend!

[@alisoyziya]

Is it okay to delete the "Group Containers", because uses about 60gb of my space...

[@themyriaddharma3947]

i deleted caches(there wasn't much MB), still have 100g+ in system data, anywhere else I can delete to make room?

[@aayush7250]

same in my case

[@panjiachmad9070]

BOOM!! this video save my 160GB storage. BIG THANKS!!

[@soggycheerios123]

What if you don’t have Adobe? What do you delete then?

[@byronporter3357]

Exactly lol

[@vainillaavellana3083]

Thanks to this tutorial I discovered that I had a 10-hour screen recording that I didn't know existed tysm ❤😩

[@MojjOnXbox]

Wow. My adobe caches was 404GB.

[@abbyrodebaugh6634]

Thank you for making this video. I come back to your video every month on my work computer to clear the data!!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome Abby!

[@CJHALLOCK]

This is what I've been looking for! I've been trying to figure this out for years... THANK YOU

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome brother!

[@popculturecurious4535]

THANK YOU!!!! I had like over 800 GB used of just system data! I was deleting stuff like crazy so I couldn't figure out why I had so much system data when I had so little files!

[@KeithCozy]

Be careful, caches also holds important system files that are not to be deleted, and will not regenerate. You will have to restore OS. Safely delete individual folders based on the app you suspect is taking up space

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Hi CozyTech, totally agree. That's why I said that people should determine for themselves what folder is taking up the most space. In my case, it was Adobe, and I haven't experienced any drawback after deleting those caches. Thanks for watching the video my friend.

[@sparkedghoul]

i accidentally deleted them all and emptied my bin a day lter with forgetting they were there

[@KeithCozy]

@@sparkedghoul sheesh, Hello Windows Vista

[@carmenk.3629]

So happy I found this video. My photoshop kept saying "scratch disk is full". I've tried deleting large files but nothing really worked until I did this. 🙌

[@Serchannel]

I have 103GB System Data and I checked the Library Cache data as you explained its totally 2GB and 1 GB of this is Spotify Cache... I am wondering where is the remaining 100GB excess System Data coming from?

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Do you edit videos with Final Cut Pro by any chance? That might be the culprit. I know from experience that Final Cut Pro can consume a lot of space if the settings aren't adjusted correctly.

[@Serchannel]

No I am not editing videos I might have tried somethings here and there but how can I check if that is the case? is there any place where I can check? @@AMIRBENDABI

[@carolinenovais705]

i have the same problem, 180GB ands Cache is just totally 2GB. I don't know where is the remainingexcess System Data.

[@MrRichard1280]

Same here. Cache is only around 4GB but system data is around 72GB @@carolinenovais705

[@orlandovives6441]

COMPLETE LIFE SAVER!!!! Thank you!!! I had almost 200GB of system Data and now I'm down to 46GB

[@JayKerr]

Good video but how hard is it to look up the tilde character on your keyboard and spell "directory" instead of "trajectory"? When you are asking people to delete system info it helps to build trust with your audience by giving them accurate information.

[@loomonda18]

Thank you man!!! I was going through the cache and library folders, but it wasn't until I went through and started deleting some stuff in the Adobe Cache folder like you said, that made a difference. I am always super nervous to delete things like this though, especially Adobe bc I use it so much and I don't want the application to stop working or being weird one day. But I trust you! Thanks again for sharing!!

[@saptarshibera5322]

Hello Amir I am too having the same problem I use a base 256 gb Macbook Air m2 and my system data is almost 80 gb but my cache folder is just 2 gb... I don't use any kind of editing softwares in my Mac then what is taking up that space? Can u provide any more solutions

[@mityasokolay4177]

i have the same problem!

[@ghost-user559]

Probably Time Machine Snapshots. You can look up how to find them and delete them, but sometimes doing a Time Machine backup is the easiest way to get rid of them, because they are automatically deleted when you back up your computer. They are automatically saved and automatically deleted when space is full so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. But if you have to and you are familiar with the terminal, you can find and delete the Time Machine backups and even disable them.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Same here. Deleted everything and the nearly 40gigs used hasn’t budged

[@PeterKae]

FINALLY, BROTHER!! Thank you so much for this! I've been searching for such a long time for that. The solution is explained so easily and simply. It's so satisfying to delete over 1TB of Adobe cache files...You're the best.

[@Joe-lb8qn]

That sign is called "tilde"

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Thanks, Joe! Something learned today : )

[@olgalerio6268]

You are a Legend! You saved me from getting a new Macbook and a couple bucks. ❤

[@SeewhatQaqanwilldo]

VIDEO STARTS AT 2:33 ... all before is bla bla bla

[@markpaolosepe3391]

Your video saved me!! I had over 500GB of Adobe Cache files. Thank you so much.

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it helped!

[@Bardalesmusic]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Life saver over 800 gb’s of cache files and I was going crazy trying to figure out how to get rid of it.

[@JessieDemonic]

OH MY GAAAHHHH!!!!! my system data took 390GB, now, thanks to you, I have 345 GB to use again. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@kinomediacompany]

Thank you for this video! It took me a couple of months to find this. I deleted 1,2TB cache files. I bought my MAC in 2017 and did not delete this files from 2017. BIG Thank you!

[@virusthree]

1.2 tb is crazy

[@MrJoystickid]

Toatlly sorted the problem, absolute LEGEND!

[@bethebisch]

My system data was over 900GB and taking up all of my storage THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@spi_97]

bruhhhhh. love you man! you saved me a couple of bucks. i was just about to buy cleanmymac but then thought of trying the manual way and found your video. thanks man!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

No problem! Thanks for your nice comment : )

[@jobarden7964]

Thank you! my 300GB of system data has been driving me crazy. Really appreciate this, it's just cleaned up 270GB from After Effects cached files. Amazing!!!

[@norabder1008]

Dude, I have been trying to figure this out for a long time!!! Thank you so much for this video. Most others try to get you to buy some software. Great video!!!

[@michaeljawahir275]

This video is what I’ve been looking for for years on how to clean up my “mail” in storage! Thank you so much

[@MrStuartAllan]

Brilliant video, really useful and one to refer back to. Thanks for creating this video!

[@Hazz605]

this person is a godsend, thank you so much for this video!

[@youcanthide004]

BRILLIANT, 190gb cleared, thanks Bro!!!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

No problem 👍

[@MegaMgala]

finally thank you so much !!!! i could cry I'm so happy :) deleted 230GB + 35 GB

[@Spearmint-1999]

Thank you soooo much! The whole video was a huge help but learning how to use command I to view file size was most helpful. After I cleared my cache I started down the rabbit hole of view different files and stumbled across "screen recordings" 176GB (I only have 256 GB storage!!) of a video game recording my son must have taken. Deleted that and a few other things and all is well in my world. System data at 9GB now.

[@garyvoigt321]

If you are using Arc, that cache folder is a beast too.

[@IndiaFoodPost]

Thank you so much for educating us! Have a great day!

[@MahiMeister]

Dude. Thanks so much, I had this huge folder on library that for some reason kept deleted items, and when I got rid of those I saved over 100GB. Thanks bro

[@liredry3213]

OMG YOU SAVED ME!!!! 400GB OF DATA NOW CLEAR THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@BJgrand]

Wow this is amazing. Thank you for this extremely helpful tutorial. I was literally scrambling to find apps and documents to delete because I was filled to capacity.

[@bronsonloftin2802]

this is one of the greatest videos on youtube

[@PATH2INSPIRATION]

I just did it while watching your video. I had 70+ gb of system data. After doing what you said, I'm down to 13gb. Thank you so much.

[@joshuaBMW]

Bro I legit just had 6GB of storage and now I have 37GB. Best mac storage vid Ive watched in a while

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment : )

[@briartxstudio]

I'm very thankful for this video!

[@Cole-Bielecki]

After deleting my After Effect caches I saved 599GB of storage Thank you so much for this video!

[@angelinthebayarea]

OMG i forgot how greedy Adobe is. Thanks for the video! I was ready to write a very curt and scathing letter, so thank you for saving me from giving Tim Cook any more of my time!

[@lidonevita]

thank you os much for the explanation! Yes, it's complicated to find an internal way to remove the system data, most of posts recommend to install a Third-party software. Thanks again!😄

[@NEW_ARK_FILMS]

THE most IMPORTANT VIDEO on the internet!!! Thank you!! God Bless brother!

[@NatwarSinghRathore-up7cy]

I saved 44 GB sapce, thanks it works!! Love from INDIA Bruhh!!

[@yashbshharma]

I AM GLAD I FOUND THIS VIDEO! Thank you! It works!

[@alexandruion1180]

1.25 TB evaporated instantly when I deleted the Adobe folder. Thank you very much!

[@FANaticsOnline]

Just found this video. It's a game changer! Thank you so much for this. :)

[@kdotblue5518]

Best video out on this issue. Thanks for making this video.

[@worlduncover]

Thank you! I had almost 600GB of Data storage and after deleting adobe cache I now have space:)

[@brucekennedy5274]

If you are anything like me (video graphics guy) it’s not even Adobe, it’s AfterEffects specifically- the cache as most will know, is to smooth things as you work, and AE makes massive cache files. During a project I leave them, once I’m done I flush them. I just keep an alias of the AE cache folder on the desktop and check it regularly. Even simple animations will fill up with over 100gb of cache pretty fast, kinda nuts. I do the same for FCP - keep the cache external from the library and bin when the job is finished. I imagine other apps cache like this (3D, music production etc) but I can’t speak to those.

[@soothingmeditationsmusic]

You're the man. You helped me gain 177gb back also from my Adobe folder. Bam

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're most welcome : )

[@darthaltie]

This was a lifesaver! Great video thanks

[@Trendalert24-7]

My macbook feel very relaxed 💆 Thanks men 🤝

[@buckflowens]

This was a huge help, thank you!!