Safe to cleanCaches and leftovers that come back on their own

Safe to clean: caches and leftovers that come back on their own

Disk What's taking up space Optimizable 2.4 GB Safe to clean 10.2 GB Yours 38.5 GB Keep 400 GB Safe to clean Comes back on its own 10.2 GB AllCachesDeveloperModels Chrome cache Caches · Chrome is closed 1.8 GB DerivedData Developer · Xcode makes it again 4.6 GB npm cache Developer · idle 30 days 2.2 GB Llama-3-8B Models · downloads again if you need it 4.9 GB Old logs Caches · older than a week 410 MB Safe to clean Comes back on its own Chrome cache Caches · Chrome is closed 1.8 GB DerivedData Developer · Xcode makes it again 4.6 GB npm cache Developer · idle 30 days 2.2 GB Llama-3-8B Models · downloads again if you need it 4.9 GB Old logs Caches · older than a week 410 MB Recommended Select all 4 selected · 9.0 GB5 selected · 13.9 GB4 selected · 9.0 GB Safe to clean Comes back on its own ✓ 9.0 GB freed · 4 items deleted Chrome cache Caches · Chrome is closed 1.8 GB DerivedData Developer · Xcode makes it again 4.6 GB npm cache Developer · idle 30 days 2.2 GB Llama-3-8B Models · downloads again if you need it 4.9 GB Old logs Caches · older than a week 410 MB CleanCleaning…Done Clean 4 items (9.0 GB)? They're deleted permanently, not moved to the Trash, so the space comes back right away. Cancel Clean
  1. 1Open Safe to cleanCaches, build output and leftovers that apps make again. Each row says why it's safe.Disk › Safe to clean
  2. 2Recommended, or Select allRecommended is ticked for you. Select all adds the rows you'd rather check yourself, like AI models.
  3. 3CleanMint asks once before it starts. These come back on their own, so they skip the Trash and the space is free at once.

Good to know

  • Models, and anything that asks for your Mac password, start unticked.
  • A cache whose app is open waits in Keep until the app quits.
  • If something changed since the scan, Mint leaves that row alone and says why.

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