# Is it safe to delete old Minecraft versions folders?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/games-minecraft-versions
- Item: Minecraft game versions
- Location: `~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions` (items inside)
- Verdict: Review first — Might hold something you care about. Look inside before removing it.
- Comes back on its own: yes
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

The official Minecraft Launcher stores each Java Edition version it has run, and versions created by mod loaders such as Forge or Fabric, in `~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions`. Each takes tens to a few hundred MB.

## What happens if you delete it?

If an installation or profile needs a removed version, the launcher downloads it again. Worlds are stored in the separate saves folder and are not affected.

## How to remove it properly

Quit the launcher, delete installations you no longer use in its Installations tab, then move unused version folders to the Trash.

## Before you delete it

Modded versions need their installer (Forge, NeoForge, Fabric) run again, and custom modpack versions may not download again on their own.