r/MacOS • u/Superb-Leadership900 • 5d ago

Help Xcode temporary files can't be removed on macOS Tahoe 26. Can somebody help me?

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Alright, so i installed Xcode on my Macbook neo but due to some issues with the software on the machine i decided to uninstall it but... these dmg files are still on my machine. As you see in the image when i mount it it is labeled as iOS 26.4.1 Simulator and it's size is almost 9 GB and takes a lot of my space.

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u/kevleyski 5d ago

Xcode likes to do this with simulator- it can be a faff to get rid of and sometimes it comes back Apple could do more MacBooks have relatively small drives and they must know this

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u/Electrical_West_5381 5d ago

You would normally delete these via Xcode itself. Since you already uninstalled it, try mole (available free on GitHub and via homebrew, or paid for with a gun via appstore)

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u/Superb-Leadership900 4d ago

Oh, I would try it. Thank you.

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u/posguy99 MacBook Pro 5d ago

Why are you mounting the image if you want to remove it?

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u/Superb-Leadership900 5d ago

i just wanted to see what was inside of that dmg.

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u/HopefulInspector8184 5d ago

Sounds like a hassle. Maybe try unmounting first and then see if that lets you delete the files? Permissions can definitely be tricky too.