# Clean macOS install – the easy way!

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/69441>\
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**Tags:** macos, macs, clean-install\
**Created:** [18 August 2022 00:27 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/69441 "2022-08-18T00:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [18 August 2022 00:27 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/69441/1 "2022-08-18T00:27:45Z")

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Well my dev environment started to mess up so thought it was time for a clean install - I’ve been meaning to do one for a while anyway. This guide still works so posting it up here:

[https://astonj.com/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/](https://astonj.com/clean-macos-install-the-easy-way/)

The most time-consuming part was copying my home folder to a back up disk (which I started just before going to bed) then copying it back to the new install.

It’s worth a try if you’ve never done it before - I’ve reclaimed about 100GB!! Most of which was in the Application Support and Caches directories, once I’ve installed all my programs it will be interesting to see the size of them, I doubt they will take up as much…