Spotify on Macbook 2026 Master Guide: Installation, Essential Shortcuts, and Pro Audio Tips
By Robert Thorne
The Spotify desktop app utilizes an aggressive caching mechanism designed to prevent repeated bandwidth consumption on frequent tracks. Over several months of active listening, this folder regularly balloons beyond 20 GB to 40 GB without notifying the user. macOS does not routinely purge this folder during general maintenance.
To execute a manual cache cleanup on macOS without wiping your saved playlists or login credentials, follow these terminal steps:
Quit the Spotify app completely. Open Finder, press Command + Shift + G, and paste the following directory path into the prompt:
~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/
Delete the contents within the Data subfolder. Alternatively, you can clear this directly through the client user interface by visiting Settings, scrolling down to the Storage section, and clicking the Clear cache button. This immediately frees up local solid-state storage while preserving your selected offline downloaded tracks, which reside separately in your designated storage directory.
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