Most likely, you can just delete that one as well, and download it again should you ever need it.īut do delete the package for 'ARM emulator image' and all the other packages for the other api levels.

That means, inside the folder api level 21 keep 'SDK Platform', keep the 'x86 emulator image for 64 bit', delete the 'intel x86 emulator image for 32 bit', keep the 'Samples for SDK', keep 'Documentation for Android SDK', and keep 'Sources for Android SDK'įor the 'Google APIs', only keep that if you plan to use the google maps api, or some other google apis. Keep the latest android sdk (currently at api level 21). Now, it's just 3.19 GB (not including Android Studio), after having deleted the packages I'm not currently using.įrom Android Studio, select Tools > Android > SDK Manager. On Mac OSX Yosemite, my android sdk folder was taking 18 GB two minutes ago. Most likely, you can just prune the sdk directories. I then remember from somewhere that it said something would be installed in /Library/Android. So I cancel and look back at the application directory and that's at 400MB. Half way through the download I start getting Low disk space warnings. I clicked the minimal amount to install and clicked next.

I selected the items it recommended and noticed some items it mentions where already installed while others were not (the icon on the far right of it's name). So following the instructions on that page it says add these items: The next page says, 'By default, the Android SDK does not include everything you need to start developing.' WTF? Which one is it?

This says, 'Android Studio provides everything you need to start developing apps for Android'. Can I delete these two directories? I would like to try and start fresh. How do I uninstall it? The application reports it uses 400MB and /user/me/Library/Android directory reports 8GB. I tried to install Android Studio and it ended up taking up all of my free disk space.

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