How to Remove Unwanted Files from MacBook. Learn how to delete files you don't need and free up valuable storage space on your MacBook. This quick and easy guide will show you how to erase junk files in minutes!
Is your storage space is also filled up with unnecessary files on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Wondering, how to delete or remove those unnecessary files permanently? Before hitting a delete button, have you ever wondered why it is such a long process, can’t we do it automatically?
While we delete or remove different types of files from our Mac, you might have observed that some files like hidden files, password-protected files, caches, and other files are never deleted. They need extra efforts to be deleted. In this article, we will discuss how you can clean junk easily from your Mac. Additionally, it will help in keeping your Mac optimized as well. So, let’s get started.
4 Ways to Remove Junk Files from Mac without Software:
1. Remove User Cache Files
User’s cache files are those files usually present as app files that are available in your Ma’s storage. However, these are known as temporary files as they are meant to boost the overall performance of the software of your Mac.
Meanwhile, cache data is important to store in Mac because it uses a connection of wired internet. However, if your system will cache the data for a long time, it might accumulate lots of unwanted files on your Mac which will also affect the performance of your Mac. Therefore, it is better to delete those files from your Mac which will also optimize it.
Follow these steps to clean junk files and user cache from your Mac:
- Begin the process, by opening Finder on your Mac.
- Now, press “Command+Shift+G.”
- Then, type the ~/Library/Caches command to the field and enter go.
- Now, you will be able to see all cache files of your Mac from the appeared window.
- After observing all files, press “Command+A” for selecting all files and deleting them. After that, press Command again and click on the folders you wish to remove.
- From the pop window, you will have to manually enter the user name and password to delete them.
