# Is it safe to delete the Bun install cache?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/bun-cache
- Item: Bun cache
- Location: `~/.bun/install/cache`
- 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?

Bun stores every package it downloads in `~/.bun/install/cache`, shared by all projects, and on macOS copies files into each `node_modules` as APFS clones by default. The cache grows with each new package version you install.

## What happens if you delete it?

Bun downloads packages again the next time `bun install` needs them. Existing `node_modules` folders keep working.

## How to remove it properly

Run `bun pm cache rm` in Terminal, Bun’s own command for emptying the global cache (permanent), or move `~/.bun/install/cache` to the Trash. Only remove the `cache` folder: `~/.bun/bin` contains Bun itself.