By default, your Mac device will automatically check for system updates and download them. Given that update files are quite large, they can take up a significant amount of system storage. So in this article, we will address how to turn off automatic system updates and how to delete the downloaded macOS update on your Mac without installing them.
How to Delete a Downloaded Update on Mac?
In case your Mac has already downloaded the update file to your system and it is taking up storage space that you want to clear up for something important then follow the steps below to delete the downloaded update from your Mac. This is for devices running macOS Monetary.
1. Open the Finder from the dock.
2. Click on the Go option in the top status bar.
3. From the list, select Applications.
4. Within the Applications folder, search for the macOS