So, if you haven’t cleared this directory, check it out. There’s a command to magically remove all the simulators that Xcode no longer requires.Īnd it’s safer to use Reset Content and Settings from the menu to delete all of your app data from the simulators you’re currently using.īelow iOS 6: As we know, the location of the simulator has been moved from ~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator since the Xcode 6. It’s obvious that you can delete any older version of the simulator folder(s) if you no longer support your applications for those versions. It’s the territory of the simulator that where it stores app data. The Core Simulator folder is familiar to many Xcode users. When you connect the device again, Xcode will reload the data.Ĭaution: You’ll want to be careful when removing files from within /Library and /Users//Library as deleting the wrong files may cause applications and even the OS to misbehave. You can remove versions of the device that you no longer use. ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport And, no, it has nothing to do with the simulator. If you still have a device running an older version, the directory will be re-created by Xcode when you attach the device. If you don’t have an app running on iOS 9.1.1, there’s no reason to keep the 9.1.1 directory / directories. Keep the latest version and the rest of it can be deleted. IOS Device Support folder creates a subfolder with the device version as identifier when you attach the device. ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport Because you might need the debug symbol(.dSYM) file to re-symbolicate your crash reports. Before you decide to delete the contents of this folder, here’s a warning that if you want to be able to debug deployed versions of your app, you shouldn’t delete the archives.
ArchivesĪll of your targets are stored in archived form in the Archives folder. Generally, you will delete this data when you observe a peculiar behavior such as improper indexing or Xcode slowness.ĭeleting all content (not derived data folder itself) from the derived data directory will make all your projects recreate when you rebuild rebuilding will be a bit slower though. The Derived Data folder here contains all of the intermediate build information, index and debug/release built targets for your projects. Here are some directory paths on your Mac allowing you to free up disk space by deleting its contents. # We are mainly interested in Xcode directory, you can try any directory path.Ĥ7M Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS Device LogsĠB Library/Developer/Xcode/DocumentationCacheĩ.7G Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupportĤ.3G Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport
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