How to uninstall uv on a Mac, with its cache, Pythons and tools
Remove uv installed with Homebrew or its own installer, and the cache, Python versions and tools it keeps in your home folder, in the right order.
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Mac storage, explained.
What fills your disk, where it hides, and what is safe to remove. Every guide gives you a way to check it on your own Mac.
How to uninstall Git LFS on a Mac without breaking git
Run git lfs uninstall before you remove Git LFS, or git keeps calling a command that is gone. The order, and what to do if you removed it first.
How to uninstall VN Video Editor on a Mac, and its projects
VN is a 1.3 GB app on our Mac, and keeps projects and media in a protected folder. How to export what you want, remove it, and clear the rest.
vcpkg keeps every build tree it ever made, unless you tell it not to
vcpkg leaves buildtrees, packages and downloads in its root folder after every install. Which are safe to delete on a Mac, and the flag that stops the growth.
Erlang projects keep a _build folder each, and rebar3 keeps a shared cache on top
rebar3 stores Hex packages in ~/.cache/rebar3 and compiles every project into its own _build folder. How to measure both on a Mac and what is safe to delete.
Helm's cache is rarely the big one, and here is where the space really is
Helm keeps chart repository indexes in ~/Library/Caches/helm on a Mac. How to measure and clear it, and why the larger cost is usually the images your charts pull.
k3d clusters live inside Docker, so deleting one does not give the space back by itself
k3d runs k3s as Docker containers with their own volumes. How to see what each cluster holds on a Mac, delete it cleanly, and get the space back from Docker.
wasm-pack's cache is small. Your target folder is not
wasm-pack caches wasm-bindgen, wasm-opt and test drivers in ~/Library/Caches on a Mac. How to clear it, and why each crate's target folder is the bigger cost.
LuaRocks, and the second copy of it your Neovim plugin manager may have installed
LuaRocks installs rocks into ~/.luarocks or a system tree, and some Neovim plugin managers build their own. How to find every tree on a Mac and what to remove.
Foundry's fork cache grows with every block you test against
Foundry caches RPC responses for fork tests in ~/.foundry and keeps every solc version it downloads. How to measure both on a Mac and clear them safely.
Finding every CMake build folder on a Mac, and the one you must not delete
C and C++ debug builds leave large CMake build folders and a ccache store behind. How to find them all on a Mac, and how to tell a build folder from your source.
HandBrake's own folders are small. The rips and test encodes around them are not
HandBrake keeps logs, previews and presets in its container folder on a Mac. Where they are, what is safe to clear, and where the real gigabytes usually sit.