I have had my mac for a year and I never deleted anything from the Downloads folder...which I am sure has taken up a lot of space on my computer.

Throughout the year, I have downloaded hundreds of powerpoints and Word documents from my school website for class lectures....and I have saved them to my computer.

• That is precisely the issue - I want to delete the local copy from my iOS device, but keep the copy on the iCloud drive. Well I don't really need it on the iCloud drive, but I really do need to keep the file and once I move the Documents folder under Sierra to the iCloud drive Deleting/Removing the file will mean no copy 'exists' for my Mac.
• Here are the steps on how to delete downloads on Mac: Open Finder. Go to the Downloads folder. Select all files in the Downloads folder. Move selected files into the Trash. Another quick solution to remove downloads from Mac is to use MacCleaner Pro. The application automatically finds downloads, as well as other types of junk files on your Mac.

Removing podcasts from the podcasts app. Submitted by Daniel Angus MacDonald on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Hello Applerocks, as far as I can tell, you have to deleete podcasts indavidually. Go to each one and press VO-SHIFT-M and there is a deleete option in that menu. If you don't find that, go to remove lybarary in the same menu. Regards, Daniel.

BUT, I am worried that if I delete the original file from the Download folder...that my saved file will be deleted too.

Deleting Downloads On Mac

So, I am wondering if it is safe for me to delete the original download or not?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Delete All Downloads Mac

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 7:32 PM