Package caches · Homebrew
Is it safe to delete Homebrew downloads?
~/Library/Caches/Homebrew
Homebrew downloads
~/Library/Caches/Homebrew
Installers Homebrew downloaded. The tools you installed live elsewhere.
- Comes back
- On next install
- Belongs to
- Homebrew
- Confidence
- High
If you remove itHomebrew downloads them again only if you reinstall something.
The short answer
High It rebuilds itself when needed, such as a cache or build data. It comes back by itself.
More package caches
- npm cache~/.npm/_cacacheOn next installHigh
- Yarn cache~/Library/Caches/YarnOn next installHigh
- pip cache~/Library/Caches/pipOn next installHigh
- Swift packages~/Library/Caches/org.swift.swiftpmOn next resolveHigh
- CocoaPods cache~/Library/Caches/CocoaPodsOn next installHigh
- Go build cache~/Library/Caches/go-buildOn next buildHigh
From the rules Cachet uses, in the words the app shows.