# Is it safe to delete Android Studio caches on Mac?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/android-studio-caches
- Item: Android Studio caches
- Location: `~/Library/Caches/Google` (items inside)
- Verdict: Safe to remove — Rebuilt or re-downloaded automatically when needed.
- Comes back on its own: yes
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

`~/Library/Caches/Google` holds one folder per Android Studio version with its indexes of your projects and libraries, local history, logs and other caches. Folders of versions you updated from are no longer used at all. Together they often reach several gigabytes.

## What happens if you delete it?

Android Studio rebuilds its indexes the next time you open a project, which keeps the IDE busy for a few minutes. Local history (Android Studio’s own record of recent edits) is lost; your project files are not touched.

## How to remove it properly

Quit Android Studio, then move the `AndroidStudio…` folders in `~/Library/Caches/Google` to the Trash with Finder’s Go › Go to Folder…. For the current version only, File › Invalidate Caches… does the same from inside the IDE.