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How to delete GarageBand instruments and lessons?

Hello, I’m running macOS 10.12 and under storage management it says that "GarageBand instruments and lessons are using 1,02 GB. You can manage these files using GarageBand." I don’t even have GarageBand installed, so how can I completely get rid of it?User uploaded file

iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014), Other OS, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 28, 2016 1:47 PM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2017 4:39 PM

Following these instructions I found the used space (74 GB in my case) did not get freed.


I noticed however that the folders did not get deleted despite several attempts at deleting it in Finder.


Instead I used terminal and typed


sudo rm -fR /Applications/GarageBand.app

sudo rm -fR /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/

sudo rm -fR /Library/Application Support/Logic/

sudo rm -fR /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/

It asks for your admin password each time and correctly deletes the folders. (you may find GarageBand.app deletes properly using Finder)

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Sep 28, 2016 11:56 PM in response to BraulioLaguna

This is really frustrating. I uninstalled Garageband last year, including all the library files mentioned in the TekRevue article, but the system report still shows 46Gb of Garageband files.


A search reveals that there are no '.band' files, the application isn't in the applications folder, there is no 'Garageband' folder in Library/Applications support, and no relevant files in Library/Audio.


Any clues?

Oct 9, 2016 1:29 PM in response to BraulioLaguna

Same question here. None of the files mentioned above are on my computer anymore. Still, I've got around 1GB of stuff used by GarageBand.


Where else does it save files? This is annoying. And why isn't it completely removed when using the Uninstall option?

Oct 9, 2016 11:42 PM in response to Mort In The Midlands

/Library/Application Support/Logic/


This made all the difference to me. Now GarageBand doesn't show up in System Report anymore.


Why is Logic installed along with GarageBand anyway? I don't use Logic Pro.


Of course it's hard to find what you want when you're not looking where you should. Nobody would look for Logic when they want to delete GarageBand.


Logic fail.

How to delete GarageBand instruments and lessons?

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