# Can I delete very large video files on my Mac?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/files-large-videos
- Item: Very large videos
- Location: `*.mov, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.mkv`
- Verdict: Keep — your data — Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
- Comes back on its own: no
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

Video files over 2 GB (.mov, .mp4, .m4v, .mkv) anywhere in your home folder: screen recordings, camera and drone footage, exported projects or downloaded films. They are your files, so only you can judge which are still needed.

## What happens if you delete it?

Nothing regenerates. Exports can sometimes be made again from the original project; recordings and footage cannot.

## How to remove it properly

Review them in Finder: press Command-F and add Kind is Movie and a File Size greater than 2 GB, or use System Settings › General › Storage › Documents (Large Files). Move what you want to keep to an external drive or cloud storage, then delete duplicates and recordings you no longer need.

## Before you delete it

Old project exports are often duplicates of files you have already shared or archived; check before keeping two copies.