Answer by Micky for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
UPDATE Xcode 14In Xcode 14, you can finally uninstall Simulator runtimes via the "Platforms" section in settings. Just select one and hit the minus "-" button in the lower left corner.
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Answer by eggsloveoats for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded...
macOS Ventura 2023Same as the previous version search storage in your spotlight search tool and then double click the Developer option.The interface looks a bit different nowmacOS Big Sur &...
View ArticleAnswer by Sandesha for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Open Xcode --> Go to Window (from menu bar) --> Devices and Simulators--> Click on Simulator --> Right-click on the simulator that you want to delete --> Click DeleteTo delete any...
View ArticleAnswer by Guy Mazouz for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
You can use the following snippet to delete unavailable runtimes:echo "rm -rf $(xcrun simctl list runtimes -j |\ jq ".runtimes[] | select(.isAvailable|not) | .bundlePath" | xargs)"to execute, remove...
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Answer by Sandesha for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
On Mac, check /Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS\ DeviceSupport
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Answer by Daniel Danielecki for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded...
Some people try to fix it using one way, some the second. Basically, there are 2 issues, which if you check them out & solve both - in 99% it should fix this issue:Old device simulators located at...
View ArticleAnswer by Toland Hon for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
I wrote up one-line bash script that would delete ALL your simulators:xcrun simctl list devices | grep -E -o -i "([0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12})" | xargs -L1 xcrun simctl deletexcrun simctl...
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Answer by abbood for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
following some of the answers here, deleting some simulators from my Xcode Menu > Window > Devices > Simulators did nothing to help my dying disk space:however, cd...
View ArticleAnswer by Samer for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Command+SpaceType 'simulator'open the old beta simulator you no longer need.right-click on it in the dock, then choose Options>'Show in Finder'Close the app, then remove it from the folder.:)
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Answer by Pavel Kovalev for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded...
October 2020 updateAs was mentioned, you can use xcrun to do a few things:xcrun simctl list devices or xcrun simctl list --json to list all simulatorsxcrun simctl delete <device udid> to delete...
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Answer by rustyMagnet for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
I had the same problem. I was running out of space.Deleting old device simulators did NOT help.My space issue was caused by xCode. It kept a copy of every iOS version on my macOS since I had installed...
View ArticleAnswer by Display Name for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded...
In XCode open Window - Devices, then select and remove the outdated simulators.
View ArticleAnswer by mfaani for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
I tried all answers. None of them worked for me. What worked for me on Sierra + Xcode 8.2 was going to:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices and deleting all devices. (Maybe this won't work for you,...
View ArticleAnswer by Steve Moser for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Run this command in terminal to remove simulators that can't be accessed from the current version of Xcode (8+?) in use on your machine.xcrun simctl delete unavailableAlso if you're looking to reclaim...
View ArticleAnswer by Snowcrash for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
The problem with these answers is that, with every Xcode update, menus and locations will change. Just go to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms and delete what you don't need. Xcode...
View ArticleAnswer by Raymond for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
In addition to @childno.de answer, your Mac directory /private/var/db/receipts/may still contains obsolete iPhoneSimulatorSDK .bom and .plist files like...
View ArticleAnswer by Praveen Matanam for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded...
In Xcode 6 and above, you can find and delete the simulators from the path /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes. Restart Xcode in order to take effect (may not be needed).
View ArticleAnswer by tomi44g for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
In Xcode 6+ you can simply go to Menu > Window > Devices > Simulators and delete a simulator you don't need.
View ArticleAnswer by werdsackjon for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Another thing you can do is to change the Deployment target to the highest value. This will prevent the Scheme Menu from displaying older versions.To do this go to:Target->Summary then change the...
View ArticleAnswer by Dan Reese for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Xcode 4.6 will prompt you to reinstall any older versions of the iOS Simulator if you just delete the SDK. To avoid that, you must also delete the Xcode cache. Then you won't be forced to reinstall the...
View ArticleAnswer by childno͡.de for Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
Did you try to just delete the 4.3 SDK from within the Xcode Package?/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKsplease also delete the corresponding...
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I'm running Xcode 4.3.1 iOS-Simulator which originally only supports iOS 5.1.I need to test my code with iOS 4.3, so I used Xcode's "Install" feature to install it as described in "Installing Xcode...
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