How To Delete Old Iphone Updates

iTunes makes it easy to have a local backup of an iOS device on a machine y'all control. But those backups can take up precious space, especially if you have more than than 1. Proficient news then that iTunes lets you delete your excess backups reasonably rapidly. Yous can also get rid of unnecessary iOS software updates after you've used them, as well, which should also gratis upwardly a little bit of room.

Here'southward how you can go well-nigh getting rid of onetime backups and iOS software updates on your Mac.

How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup on macOS Catalina
How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup from iTunes on macOS Mojave and earlier
How to delete iOS software update files

How to delete an iPhone or iPad fill-in on macOS Catalina

iTunes as nosotros've known it has split up into multiple apps in macOS Catalina, and the iPhone and iPad backup and update capabilities have made their way to the Finder. Hither'south how to delete a backup through the Finder on macOS Catalina.

Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
Click on your iPhone or iPad in the sidebar.

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Click Manage Backups...
Click on the backup that you want to delete.

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Click Delete Fill-in.
Click Delete.

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How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup from iTunes on macOS Mojave and earlier

Open iTunes from your Dock or Applications folder.
Click iTunes in the Menu bar.

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Click Preferences.
Click on the Devices tab.

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Click on the fill-in you want to remove.
Click Delete Backup.

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How to delete iOS software update files

Even though iTunes doesn't exist every bit its own app in macOS Catalina, y'all'll all the same find the Software Update file y'all want to delete in the iTunes folder in Library, just like you did in previous versions of macOS.

Go to Finder.
Click Go in the Menu bar.

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Hold down the Option key (maybe labeled 'Alt') on your keyboard.
Click Library, which should appear when you concur down Option.
Open the iTunes folder.

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Open the iPhone Software Updates folder.
Elevate the iOS update file to the trash. Its name should cease in "Restore.ipsw".

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Questions?

If yous have whatever more questions most removing onetime device backups or iOS update files from iTunes, let united states know in the comments.

Updated April 2020: Updated for macOS Catalina.

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