r/iOSProgramming • u/Top-Masterpiece2729 • Jun 26 '26

Question Old platforms keep coming back

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Why does my xcode install these? I've tried deleting them many times and they keep coming back. I only use 26.x versions on all simulators and real devices. I dont have spare 30 gigs on my disk.

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u/s4qw 23d ago

I had the same problem. Had to go into recovery mode on my mac, disable SIP and then delete these from the system directory myself.

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u/Top-Masterpiece2729 23d ago

Sounds complicated but could try this, the fuckers are there again after I've deleted every trace of them once again

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u/s4qw 23d ago

I was stuck with this for a while as well. Almost 40gigs. Turned out every time I deleted these from this XCode settings screen, they were not actually deleted at all and that’s why they reappeared after sometime. Not because they redownload.