# Is it safe to delete watchOS DeviceSupport in Xcode?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/xcode-devicesupport-watchos
- Item: watchOS Device Support (old versions)
- Location: `~/Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport` (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?

Debug symbols Xcode copies from each version of watchOS running on an Apple Watch you have debugged on, one folder per version and build. Old versions stay here after the watch has been updated.

## What happens if you delete it?

Xcode copies the symbols again the next time a watch running that version is used for debugging, which takes a while over the paired iPhone. No project data is involved.

## How to remove it properly

Quit Xcode, open `~/Library/Developer/Xcode/watchOS DeviceSupport` with Go › Go to Folder… in Finder, and move the folders for watchOS versions you no longer use to the Trash, keeping the newest one.