Can I delete data from the iOS DeviceSupport directory

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After going through and cleaning my disk with old things that I didn t need anymore  I came across the iOS  DeviceSupport folder in   Library Developer Xcode which was taking nearly 20  GB  A similar question has been asked before  but since then many things have changed and I would like an up-to-date answer  As long as I have the version I use for testing  can I delete the older unused versions without breaking anything

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The   Library Developer Xcode iOS DeviceSupport folder is basically only needed to symbolicate crash logs   You could completely purge the entire folder  Of course the next time you connect one of your devices  Xcode would redownload the symbol data from the device   I clean out that folder once a year or so by deleting folders for versions of iOS I no longer support or expect to ever have to symbolicate a crash log for

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More Suggestive answer supporting rmaddy s answer as our primary purpose is to delete unnecessary file and folder   Delete this folder after every few days interval  Most of the time  it occupy huge space      Library Developer Xcode DerivedData   All your targets are kept in the archived form in Archives folder  Before you decide to delete contents of this folder  here is a warning - if you want to be able to debug deployed versions of your App  you shouldn   t delete the archives  Xcode will manage of archives and creates new file when new build is archived      Library Developer Xcode Archives   iOS Device Support folder creates a subfolder with the device version as an identifier when you attach the device  Most of the time it   s just old stuff  Keep the latest version and rest of them can be deleted  if you don   t have an app that runs on 5 1 1  there   s no reason to keep the 5 1 1 directory directories   If you really don t need these  delete  But we should keep a few although we test app from device mostly    Library Developer Xcode iOS DeviceSupport   Core Simulator folder is familiar for many Xcode users  It   s simulator   s territory  that s where it stores app data  It   s obvious that you can toss the older version simulator folder folders if you no longer support your apps for those versions  As it is user data  no big issue if you delete it completely but it   s safer to use    Reset Content and Settings    option from the menu to delete all of your app data in a Simulator      Library Developer CoreSimulator      Here s a handy shell command for step 5  xcrun simctl delete unavailable    Caches are always safe to delete since they will be recreated as necessary  This isn   t a directory  it   s a file of kind Xcode Project  Delete away    Library Caches com apple dt Xcode   Additionally  Apple iOS device automatically syncs specific files and settings to your Mac every time they are connected to your Mac machine  To be on safe side  it   s wise to use Devices pane of iTunes preferences to delete older backups  you should be retaining your most recent back-ups off course     Library Application Support MobileSync Backup    Source  https   ajithrnayak com post 95441624221 xcode-users-can-free-up-space-on-your-mac I got back about 40GB

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Yes  you can delete data from iOS device support by the symbols of the operating system  one for each version for each architecture  It s used for debugging  If you don t need to support those devices any more  you can delete the directory without ill effect

[xcode] Can I delete data from the iOS DeviceSupport directory?

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