Doing so might damage core macOS files, corrupt document data, and prevent your Mac from booting or behaving as expected. You should not attempt to manually delete files from any of the /private/var directories, even if they're large. The C folder represents Cache, while T is for Temporary files. As you navigate the folder tree, explore these three folders. To open the location of system cached and temporary files, launch a Terminal window and type the following: open $TMPDIR You'll see a two-character folder name with long, seemingly random subfolder names. Press Cmd + Shift + G to bring up the Go to Folder box and enter /private/var/folders. The simplest way to find the /private/var folder is through the Finder Go to Folder menu. Related: How to See Hidden Files on Your Mac Location of /private/var/folders Thus, you might wonder whether it's safe to delete the contents of /private/var/folders or not.
Sometimes items in these directories can take up vast amounts of disk space. You can manually delete this cache without any third-party tools.īut the files in the system folder are entirely managed by macOS. The cache and temporary data located in /Library/Caches is under your control. MacOS creates several users and system-related cache files to speed up the system.
