How to locate and delete screen saver files on macOS Sonoma.

The new wallpapers and screensavers in macOS Sonoma are awesome, but they also take up a lot of space on your hard drive. If you get a little too excited downloading every possible screen saver you’ll quickly find that they eat up quite a bit of hard drive space. In the video above we’ll show where these files are located and how macOS manages storage when it comes to screen savers.

If you struggle with storage, it’s also worth looking into external hard drives. Fast external SSD storage is relatively cheap these days, so we’ll link a few of our favorites below if you’re running out of space. This is an easy way to double your storage.

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Can you delete screen savers in macOS Sonoma?

There is no easy way to delete unused screen savers. And the good thing is that you don’t really need to, the way Apple designed the screensaver function in macOS Sonoma allows you to download as many as you want, and as soon as your system starts to run out of storage your computer will automatically delete unused screen savers. Less headache for the user so you can focus on actually using your computer rather than manually deleting something like screensaver files.

Where do I find the screen saver files?

If you want to find the actual video files for your screensavers in macOS Sonoma we’ve made a quick tutorial for you. They’re kept in a folder that’s slightly hidden inside your Library-folder. They’re not designed to be manually deleted, however you can do that if you want to. That will cause some unexpected behavior with the screen saver settings on your computer, but nothing is permanent and you can always download these again if you change your mind later.

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