Clear System Data Storage on Your Mac - macOS Sonoma

Understand what system data is to remove all that clutter from your MacBook. In this video, I explain how to remove System Data from Your Mac. No software needed.
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[@NotTryHardXShorts]

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

[@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 💙

[@nathalieazzi]

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

[@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).

[@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!

[@JuliaUtset]

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

[@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

[@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! ❤

[@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💜

[@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.

[@joshofthenorth]

You deserve a nobel prize for this. THANK YOU

[@StefanMarjoram]

Fantastic! So simple too. Thanks so much for getting me 200GB back. For me, it was old After Effects stuff - I don’t even have it installed any more.

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@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 : )

[@prateeksachdev546]

Thank you very much for your video. and it's very helpful, Amir

[@SashaKrause-xg2bu]

Literally perfect, thank you!! This is what I needed.

[@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

[@bloombird807]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing

[@bmichael7242]

Thank you!!!!!!! I have been trying to figure this out for months!

[@Obe-qd1ir]

thanks dawg! this was helpful!

[@yashbshharma]

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

[@roamingventures]

THANK YOU!! I needed this

[@elenasantamaria9801]

Thank you so much! Super helpful.

[@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?

[@lunayang3520]

This was a life saver 😭😭😭😭 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!

[@EduardoSilva-xg5gu]

Thanks for your amazing video.
From Portugal with Love !

[@splutch49]

Thank you a lot for sharing this technique. It worked pretty well for me 👍

[@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!

[@iippu]

thank god this was excellent video. I had 170gb cache on after effects and haven't used that in months.

[@CraterFilms]

Thanks for the support!!!

[@midhat13]

I love you, thank you so much for this!

[@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.

[@user-mz3ej1nc7l]

this is AMAZING!!! thank you so much!

[@jay54733]

Thank you for these videos mate, but again what about if you don't get all the tabs you have like developer, how do you get the developer tab to show?

[@MrMelodyCold]

Massive thanks!, also for everyone else you can go to your user folder, right click and select view library folder is that exact folder as I do not have the symbol in my keyboard distribution

[@user-ws2np5rq1b]

Thanks! You are the best!

[@MichaelWestcottFilms]

Legend! Thanks so much for sharing this great solution.

[@darkheartcreative]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@arnabsur3766]

Awesome. It is the actual solution I wanted. Thanks for this video.

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome brother.

[@yeknommonkey]

Now how to do it on iPhone!

[@user-tr1hi9gl5e]

this is amazzing man! thanks a ton!

[@pr4275]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate you.

[@chantalyammine6158]

You're a LIFESAVER! THANK YOU!!!

[@Thomas890s]

Thanks so much, this video really help me🎉

[@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.

[@RescueFit]

Thanks so much, my Adobe was relatively small however i found x2 Adobe Aero folders totalling 80GB of textures and mesh from 3D model use. All gone now thanks.

[@ameeralbunni2389]

Thanks for your video, when im typing ~/library its ONLY taking me to where you said that its not the place where we should go and delete , is there any way around this ?

[@marceloyepezp]

Great Video, Thanks!!!

[@ryuquiambao2950]

Thanks for this!!!

[@wanderlustingtravel]

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

[@JCamelo]

Lifesaver! Amazing video. Thanks 🙌

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it helped/ Thanks for watching : )

[@movingamountain]

Wow, this helped soooo much. You just saved me a ton of headache.

[@alfiannurfattkhurahman1895]

thank you , great solution

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it helped : )

[@arax3]

THANK YOU! The only video that worked for FREE

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome : )

[@TaygaVL]

This was helpful bro PRECIATE YOU! 💯

[@AMIRBENDABI]

No problem ; )

[@miab.3633]

This worked perfectly! Thank you. I had almost 380 of system data mostly Adobe.

[@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! 🙏

[@akshaykadav1388]

great info

[@bayukilla]

thank you so much, no more laggy when I open photoshop, you're livesaver

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome 😊

[@v_officialgram]

Hi, nice video! Do you think would work even on MacOS Monterey?

[@mateodiazcritelli7992]

Top men thanks!!

[@user-pd5uh8tk2i]

Thanks it helps me.

[@shreewarang4860]

THANK YOU!

[@Superkickk]

Thank you So Much Bro 💯

[@CarlosLopez-sb1it]

omg!!! Thank you!!

[@fatbens9524]

Lifesaver! Thank you my man 🙏

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it helped!

[@kathedits06]

thank you so much!

[@juliannazinchenko]

WOW THANK UUUUU saved my life

[@danielktdoranie]

A great help!

[@AMIRBENDABI]

☺️

[@EddieTV100]

Great and very helpful. well done mate

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad you liked it : )

[@Digital.Abhijeet]

More simplest way to reach to "Library" is, Open Finder Then at the top right bar click on "GO" then hold "OPTION" key. thats it, LIBRARY will appear there, then just go to cache and delete. ❤

[@bethebisch6901]

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

[@TaniaBailey-sf1rz]

Thanks for the video. where do i type the~/library code in finder window?

[@bojankocev]

Thank you so much! Perfectly explained, I cleared 400GB of Adobe stuff that didnt even know why and for what was there..

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome brother : )

[@RT3ProductionsInc]

Thanks sir!

[@RicoLajom]

this was so helpful! thank you so much!

[@gdlxscreendesign541]

Thanks for great video. I´ve got a macbook pro 14 and I can´t find that sign you have used before Library

[@janaavery]

Thank you!!!

[@HoldenHill-hz4mo]

u made my life easy bro tyty

[@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!

[@andresbruh1402]

You are the best, thank you so much

[@danta2er]

Thank you!!

[@AbrahamVelarde]

Thank you! this worked

[@AMIRBENDABI]

You're welcome : )

[@PhoenixReflex]

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

[@charmeadows]

You rule. Thank you!

[@joe_zupko]

Absolutely legendary, thanks a lot!
Adobe had almost 300GB on my drive haha

[@radium05]

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

[@mastermindnomad]

Hello thank you very much for the video. I had done your description and i see I have 200 GB system data. But Cache of 500 MB. Where is the rest of system data may be? Do you have any idea? NOTE: For Turkish Q keyboards tilde ~is not present on keyboard layout however you can write it with option + Ü keyboard. combination.

[@bronsonloftin2802]

this is one of the greatest videos on youtube

[@thisisadebrown]

Thank you… my question is the same as somebody else is on here, what if you don’t have Adobe but still a building up system data, can you delete them all?

[@stories.creativestudios]

Bro thanks a lot! But Any disadvantages of doing this ?

[@antoniochaparro7362]

Thank uuu!!!! This workeed! I also had the exact same problem with Adobe, and it felt reassuring that it was your case too. :))

[@jojo3033]

Brother thanks so much omg after effects was taking 400gb of storage and I hardly use it

[@EV_Reviews]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@MangaofLife18]

Thanks you so much, now, I feel i get new mac right now for clear 250gb on my mac

[@coccoborde]

Thank you Amir! It was really helpful and your way of explaining is coherent and easy to understand. I wanted to join your newsletter but saw your Substack is empty since '23.

[@AMIRBENDABI]

Glad it was helpful : )

[@zulfikarkoul7]

thank you very much

[@CapsLock33]

thank you!

[@stigia14]

I love you! Thank you