How can I delete derived data in Xcode 8?

(Working in Xcode 11 and 12)

You can go to File > Workspace Settings if you are in a workspace environment or File > Project Settings for a regular project environment.

Then click over the little grey arrow under Derived data section and select your project folder to delete it.

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The simplest and fastest way is the following (if you have not changed the defaults folder for DerivedData).

Open terminal and past the following:

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

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Many different solutions for this problem. Most of them work as well. Another shortcut seems to be added as well:

Shift + alt + command ⌘ + K

Will ask you to:

Are you sure you want to clean the build folder for “MyProject”? This will delete all of the products and intermediate files in the build folder.

In most cases this would be enough to solve your problems.

UPDATE

As of Xcode 9 you'll be able to access the Derived Data folder by navigating to

File -> Project Settings

or if you use a Workspace:

File -> Workspace Settings

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In Xcode 8, all the derived data is automatically cleaned. If you want to do it by hand, go to Locations tab from the Preferences, locate project's derived data folder, and delete files related to the project.

In macOS 10.12 and later, Xcode cleans up stale derived data, precompiled headers, and module caches. (23282174) Xcode 8.0 Release Notes

Credits to @charmingToad

But from what I observed, the same behaviour is typical when using Xcode 8 on OS X 10.11.5/6

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Go to Xcode -> Project Settings

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You can find the way to go to derived Data

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Method 1:

Close Xcode

Open Terminal and enter this command rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

Method 2:

Click on Xcode menu

Go to Preference

Select Locations (as shown in image)

Click on the arrow below the Derived Data (as shown in image).

It will bring you to the location of derived data and you can just delete it manually.

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Manual removal of derived data

If you want to remove derived data manually just run:

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

If you want to free up more disk space there's a few other directories you might want to clear out as well though.

Automatic removal of Xcode generated files

I have created a Bash script for removing all kinds of files generated by Xcode. Removing DerivedData content can be done by running:

./xcode-clean.sh -d

More info at https://github.com/niklasberglund/xcode-clean.sh

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In your terminal :

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

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In the Latest Xcode version 12+ Follow the below steps, I found here https://handyopinion.com/solution-failed-to-load-info-plist-from-bundle-at-path-in-xcode/

1.

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2.

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It will navigate to the Derived Data folder then you can remove the content of the folder.

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Another way to go to your derived data folder is by right click on your App under "Products" folder in xcode and click "Show in Finder".

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Go to the root of the project using terminal and then paste the below mentioned line

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

Once it is executed, you can verify by going to Xcode > Preference > Locations -> Tap arrow shows ["DeriveData"] end point.

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Steps For Delete DerivedData:

Open Finder From menu click on Go > Go to Folder Enter ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData in textfield Click on Go button You will see the folders of your Xcode projects Delete the folders of projects, which you don't need.

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I've created a bash command. Configure it with 3 simple steps. then in the terminal just type cleandd https://github.com/Salarsoleimani/Usefulscripts

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It may differ between versions of xcodes. Best approach is to go xcode preference page and from tab "Locations", directly open "Derived Data" directory.

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DevCleaner on the Mac App Store did the trick for me!

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/devcleaner-for-xcode/id1388020431?mt=12

Also looks useful for removing other cruft due to Xcode. Remember this is a 3rd party app so usual trust warnings apply.

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For Xcode Version 8.2 (8C38), you can remove the projects completely (project name in Xcode, programs, data, etc.) one by one by doing the following: [Note: the instructions are not for just remove the project names from the Welcome Window]

Launch the Xocde and wait until the Welcome window is displayed. The projects will be shown on the right hand side (see below) Xcode Welcome Window

Right click the project you want to remove completely and a pop window [Show in Folder] jumps out; selec it to find out where is the project in the [Finder] (see below) Find the project folder

Right click the project folder in the Finder to find it’s path through [Get Info]; use path in the Info window to go to the parent folder, and go to there[Locate the project folder path] (see below)

Right click the Project Folder (e.g. DemoProject01) and Porject file (DemoProject01.xcodeproj) and select [Move to Trash] ; you will see that (a) the folder in finder is removed AND (b) the Project in the Xcode Welcome Window’s Project List is removed.

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