If there is media there that you dont want, select it and move it to Trash to get rid of later.

2018 Drive Space Cleaner Free Up Space

This article will take you through 8 steps which will free up space on your Mac - removing unneeded files and clearing space for the stuff you actually need.

To access these tools, click the apple icon in the top-left corner of your screen About this Mac Storage Manage.

The tool shows a breakdown of the storage space taken up on your Mac by media such as Apps, Books, Photos and others.

2018 Drive Space Cleaner How To Clear Space

When considering how to clear space on Mac, getting rid of files quickly springs to mind- However, if you need to keep the files, you can just move them to an external hard drive, or into iCloud.

However, if you have a large number of files, youll need to purchase more storage space than your allotted free amount (5GB)- obviously, depending on the amount of space you need, this can quickly become an expensive option.

This will remove items in your Trash after 30 days of them being there.

Be aware that once files have been removed from your Trash, you will not be able to retrieve them.

However, these files are not completely removed from your computer until you empty the Trash (the space is not regained until they are removed from Trash).

You can manually empty it by clicking the Trash Can icon in your dock, then clicking Empty.

Youll need to delete them manually, but its well worth it if you can remove files that you do not use.

Without realizing it, you can accumulate gigabytes worth of duplicate files and folders on your computer.

You can then select and remove duplicates based on your preferences.

In this way you can keep your newest version of files and remove all duplicates with a click of a button.

Imagine manually going through and comparing 6000 files without Duplicate Sweeper.

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Maybe unsurprisingly, apps on your Mac can be some of the largest files on your computer.

Removing apps that you dont use can free up a huge amount of space.

Display the items as a list (using the button with 4 horizontal lines), then click the Size header to reorder your applications by size.

You can then work down the list and decide which applications you dont use.

Simply drag an application from the list into the Trash Can on your Dock to remove them.

Unfortunately, this usually means that the corresponding files are bigger than they used to be.

2018 Mac Drive Space Cleaner