How To Delete Unwanted System Data/Other on Your Mac For Free

This is ABYSMALLY CRAPPY DESIGN by Apple…

Shiiit how awesome! I was going crazy soon but then came this 😁

My InDesign won't respond after doing this... Is it a coincidence? I've uninstalled and reinstalled since but no change ! Edit - Fixed this by resetting preferences:)

Thank you very much. You saved me from buying an external drive. this is probably the most helpful video i've ever watched.

TYSM

I've been trying to figure this out for over a year! This is the only place online that had a solution, thanks SO MUCH!

hi everyone, I did the aforementioned which did help me to free 2GB, thank you Chris. However, System still takes 78GB!!! I literally have 2-3 apps downloaded and lately dont even do much on my laptop, I switched off Photos on Mac but i dont understand How System takes so much space! Please help me, give me any and every advice, thank you so much!

Thank you very much! Greetings from Brazil!

So helpful - thanks!

What about user logs? I have about 35 gigs of user logs from my Avid (pro tools) folder but I don't know if it's safe to delete.

I couldn't edit any more videos on premiere because my storage miraculously filled overnight-thanks to this I'm seeing where all my storage went 🙏🏾

THANK GOD YOU SAVED MY LIFE AND MY MACCCCCC

Out of 40gb of system data, I was able to clear 20gb of data from uninstalled apps. thanks a lot

I click on "about this Mac" and absolutely nothing but the brand and details come up, there isnt the storage box either, i dont know where to find this now

Hands down the best video I've seen to help with System Data storage. Thank you so much!

How do this on Macos Ventura?

How i do it on phone tho PLEASE I NEED HELP

thank you sire.

A lot of space is taken up by Google Chrome and VSCode

Can't see calculate all sizes on my view options ... any tips?

Thank u! You saved me like 200 GB

I can't even do the "manage" becos the system data is keep calculating. Does anyone have the same issue?

Tthe only tutorial that ultimately worked. Legend! <3

I believe this video I a huge incredible help for sooo many people!!!! I hope I will bw one of these people too.But the fact is that I am using Photoshop 2023, and the folder "Common" is missing in the place that you say it should be... Could you recommend me something to do, please?

Thank you !!!

This worked a treat thank you Chris, gave you a like as i also do a load of work on Adobe Cloud and had NO IDEA these files existed. Thank you very much!

Amazing Video ... straight to the point. with a ton of useful information and easy instructions ... thanks buddy

As a apple user who goes through a lot of footage, both my iPad and MacBook collect so much storage even if I am transferring from sd card to an ssd. It will still save it in system data after deleted, I am able to remove it by a factory reset on my iPad, but for my laptop… I am so over this. 🥲

Thank you!! ❤

so do i need to install adobe?

this did help but it still says I have 190 GB of "System Data" any one have any dance it would be greatly appreciated :/

Thank you Chris - really useful and really easy to follow, even for someone with, ah, limited technical skills. I found an huge zoom video file (60G!) that I didn’t even know I’d recorded! Much appreciated.

Really big help!!!! Thanks sooooo too much!!

i cleared about 20gb of my 100gb of system data this way. without risking to delete anything important, the library files are now 12gb in size, but 80gb of system data still remain un-findable and its making me insane

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for. The only thing that actually worked.

I've been using PC for years and don't remember doing anything like this. My wife has 200gb of shit in her system data. Stupid Apple... hope you rot in hell.

Wow, thank you so much! Just cleaned up over 100GB is Adobe media cache's! Had no idea they were stored there, you are a life saver!

This was soooooo helpful!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

Saved my life!

It doesn't show me the "calculate all sizes" option. Where can I also find this option?

Mate thanks just save me over 300gb. I was blaming Dropbox the whole time!

thank you so much/ helps a lot .

I am seeing around 600+ GB of system data, followed your steps but didn't find any such app causing this huge size. What else can be checked?

thank you! this helped me so much!! i didn't even know that after effects saved files like that! this cleared up 40gb+ of my storage!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I can't see in my Common Folder the Media Caches Files :(

Best video ever!!!! You saved me so much time and money!!!! I couldn't update my IOS for soooo long because it kept saying i didn't have enough disc space. System data was taking up 85GB and i got it down to 34 with your help. Thank you soooo much

so much love it dude...mega bravo

i just reset my MacBook to the factory system, open up the computer still shows I have 494gb system out of 500gb, any recommendation? computer have no storage to do anything

now i just need this for iphone. my 16gb iphone se 1 is suffering massively due to system data.
seriously, there was literally a time where i could only download whatsapp and another where i had just reset my phone and screen recorded the system data section going up