Disk scanSee what fills your disk, sorted by what you can do

Disk scan: see what fills your Mac, sorted by what you can do

Disk What's taking up space ScanScanning…Scan macOS & system162 GBDeveloper158 GBApps & data105 GBAI agentsDocuments & mediaOptimizable Scanning… 2.4 GBSafe to clean Scanning… 10.2 GBYours Scanning… 38.5 GBKeep Scanning… 400 GB Disk What's taking up space Scan macOS & system162 GBDeveloper158 GBApps & data105 GBAI agentsDocuments & mediaOptimizable 2.4 GBSafe to clean 10.2 GBYours 38.5 GBKeep 400 GBOptimizable: space back, nothing deletedSafe to clean: comes back on its ownYours: your own files, your callKeep: what Mint leaves alone, and why Disk What's taking up space Optimizable 2.4 GB Safe to clean 10.2 GB Yours 38.5 GB Keep 400 GB Yours Your own files start unticked 38.5 GB AllCapturesDownloadedCodex Screen Recording.mov Captures · last used Sep 28 1.2 GB Lecture slides.zip Downloaded · last used Aug 3 860 MB Fix the sync bug Codex conversation · 3 weeks ago 512 MB Trip photos.heic Downloaded · last used Jul 12 318 MB Old resume.pages Documents · last used 2024 41 MB
  1. 1Press ScanOn the Disk page, press Scan. Mint reads your folders and sorts what it finds as it goes.Disk › Scan
  2. 2Read the four bucketsOptimizable and Safe to clean are ready to go. Yours waits for you to decide, and Keep stays as it is.
  3. 3Open a bucketClick one to see every file in it, with its size and when you last used it.Disk › Yours

Good to know

  • A scan only reads. Nothing changes until you press a button.
  • The left side shows where your space goes. The buckets on the right are what you can act on.
  • Keep lists what Mint leaves alone, with the reason for each.