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Finder folders
What Finder keeps on your Mac, which folders are safe to delete, and what you lose.
| Folder | Safe to delete? |
|---|---|
~/Items in the Trash | Safe |
~/Screen recordings on the Desktop | Check first |
~/Older screenshots on the Desktop | Check first |
~/Screenshots on the Desktop | Check first |
~/Your Downloads folder | Check first |
~/App installer disks | Rebuilds itself |
~/Downloaded iPhone or iPad system files | Rebuilds itself |
~/App installer packages | Rebuilds itself |
~/Compressed archives in Downloads | Check first |
~/iPhone and iPad backups | Check first |
~/Backup of one device | Check first |
~/Downloaded iPad updates | Rebuilds itself |
~/Downloaded iPhone updates | Rebuilds itself |
~/Your Movies folder | Check first |
Clean up Finder with Gigabroom
- Open Gigabroom and wait for the scan.
- Open Clean Up and look under the group for these folders. Every folder above is named and labeled (Safe, Rebuilds itself, Check first, Keep).
- Tick what you want to remove and click Clean Up. Items go to the Trash first.