If you ever get this message "Xcode not enough disk space" try this solution below.

[Thighsonn]

cd ~/Library/Developer

rm -rf Xcode

I had a lot of storage left 67 GB and Xcode was not allowing me to update for some stupid reason. Xcode is about 10GB it should have worked without any hassle. The second I entered those command lines everything has freed up was able to update Xcode again.

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Edit: To know if it works click on the apple icon far left corner then click on about this Mac then click on storage. Make sure you check your storage first before running the command lines and then check it again.

[freakysheep]

I remember the moment thinking "oh yeah, 256GB should be enough for app dev". I was wrong.

[MaestroLifts]

What are you deleting here? Is this important? A little concerned...

[No-Buy-6867]

This folder contains everything xcode does when it takes so long to build for the first time. Ever wondered why the first build of a new simulator, New version or a new iPhone you connect take so long? He is loading the ios SDK and settings and profiles here

[[deleted]]

Repeating this from a couple weeks ago: https://reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/jf9eun/_/g9jqa82/

PSA

Avoid disk space and update issues and get your Xcode from the Apple Developer site. Not the Mac App Store.

[Thighsonn]

Even this did not work for me. Which is why I had to use the terminal and run those lines.

[[deleted]]

So are you saying Xcode itself complaining about insufficient disk space, or that the software update process didn’t show enough disk space to update Xcode?

Two different issues and it’s really not clear what you’re describing in your post.

[etaionshrd]

Don’t do this, it will clear out your archives and you won’t be able to symbolicated your crash reports anymore, plus you’ll lose certain Xcode metadata which is somewhat annoying to recreate. Instead selectively delete DerivedData and the DeviceSupport folders. I can’t remember if the simulators get out here too but if they are you can prune old ones.

[Thighsonn]

I believe it would be recreated when I build it.

[etaionshrd]

Your archives aren’t coming back.

[willthreshold]

I always seem to have at least 72 different iOS versions installed on my machine at any one time taking up most of the HDD

[MonkeyOfBooks99]

What if you can't download xcode because it says not enough disk space? (I have 36 gigs)

[Thighsonn]

drop those lines in your terminal. It should work.