How to Free Up Space on macOS Big Sur/Catalina, High Sierra, Mojave and Earlier

Last Updated on Nov 20, 2020

Are you in a problem before installing third-Party Apps or Software? Because of a lack of free space. Try below steps for Free up space on Macbook Mac. To update your current OS X You need much more space than you expect, 6 to 7 GB must be required this time for download and install OS X on your iMac, MacMini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air. generally, users are getting messages like ” Free up space on Mac”, ”Your Startup disk almost full”, Need more space for start installation on your Mac, Required more space.

Try Different Ways on Free up space on MacBook, Mac

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Below steps also useful if your system running on OSX.

Delete Large Files and Documents: Quickly Free Up Storage

We have official settings for manage storage on your MacBook, Mac. This will help in find large Documents and Files saved on your Mac, MacBook Drive. Let’s see how to find it using the Manage storage option.

1. Go to the Apple logo () From the top mac menu and Click on About this mac.
   

   About this mac on MacBook Mac

2. Now, Select the Storage Tab > Manage Option and See consumed space by Different media, files, and Online Backup files.
   

   Manage Storage on MacBook Mac

3. Also, Find the new option this will help in clean offline TV shows and movie files downloaded from the internet. Click on Optimize and Quickly free up Gigabytes of Storage on yours Mac without Software.
   

   Optimize Storage on Macbook Mac

4. Next is How to Find the large files and Unused files from Mac drive. Click on Documents from the side panel and See the list of Files shorted with file size.
   

   Delete Large File Folder and Document from MacBook Mac

5. Select the Unused file and Click on the Delete option to remove from your computer completely.
6. More you will manage Applications, Mail, Messages, Music, and podcasts.

Clear Purgeable Space on Mac MacBook

Purgeable Space is system files and folder that’s unused and Hard to clear those files. Sometimes Cleaning Purgeable storage using Thord-Party Software makes our Mac system buggy and slow. But most of the case Purgeable space gives free space and Improve in Performance as well. So the ideal solution for clean Purgeable space on Mac is Reinstall MacOS on your Macbook, Mac running on any MacOS. Re-installation will clean up your mac first, Then install the latest macOS Version on your Mac from the internet.

1. Backup your Mac in External Drive using Time Machine, or Copy the important files and folders to an external USB drive or External Hard Disk.
2. Clean up Mac and Re-Install macOS.
   1. Go to the Apple logo () From the top mac menu > Click on Restart option.
   2. Next, During the next startup your Mac, Press, and Hold Command + R key from the Keyboard. until you see the MacOS Utility window on the screen.
   3. Now, Click on the Disk Utility option and Open it. From Disk Utility, select the Drive from Sidebar and Erase your Mac. Once your Erase close Disk Utility window.
      

      Erase Mac Drive from Disk Utility

   4. And you will move to the macOS utility window, Click on Reinstall MacOS option.
   5. And Wait for installation by following on-screen instructions.
   6. Next, you can check Purgeable space free up and Restore Your latest backup using a Time machine from the external drive.
   7. That’s it.

1st: Try to Remove Large Files

You can easily remove large files with the filter option available in finder. You can easily find and Delete/ Move to make more space in your Mac.

1. Open Finder from spotlight search and Open it.
   

   Open Finder on MacBook Mac

2. On Latest MacOS, Open Finder > From top Select more option, and Select Order by Size.
3. Older version of macOS, Follow this, From
   

   Filter Files by Size on Finder MacBook Mac

   the Top Menu > File > Find > Kind > Other > Type (File Size).

Now filter file from finder by entering size and more. remove/ Trash unused files and folder or Copy to other external drive.

2nd: Disk inventory tools

Disk inventory tools are a great option for automatically find large files that will never use in the future. Like web browsing cookies, Third-party apps, and more.

• Tools here And Compatible with OS X 10.3 or later.

3rd: Remove old iOS device backup

iCloud backup is also the best option for those users who have more enough space to take the whole backup, Because iOS device backup takes more space in your iCloud account for Photos, Videos, Contacts, and Calendars, and Settings.by remove iTunes OLD iOS backups you can release numbers of GBs space from your Mac’s hard drive space. if possible only keep the last backup in place two or three.

Launch iTunes, From the Top Menu iTunes > Preferences > Devices.

4th remove unused Apps

Check your Application folder and remove unwanted apps by right click on it and click on “Move to Trash”.

if you have any alternatives tricks on Free up space on Latest MacOS.