How Do I Find the Downloads Folder on a Mac?
If you removed the Downloads folder from the Dock at some point, either on purpose or accidentally, you can still find it on your Mac. To locate the Downloads folder on your Mac, select Go on the Finder menu bar. The Downloads folder appears in the drop-down menu.
How to Delete Downloaded Files on Your Mac
After you locate the Downloads folder on your MacBook, you can delete the files inside.
Remove Traces of What You’ve Downloaded
You’ve deleted the actual files on your Mac, but you haven’t removed all traces of them. If you used a web browser to download the files, there’ll be history stored in the browser with that information. Web browsers, including Safari, Googe Chrome and Firefox, keep a record of all your downloads, making it easy to find where these files are stored. The browser doesn’t contain the actual downloaded files, just that you downloaded them. Here’s how to find the download history through Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox browsers.
Clear the History in the Safari Browser
Clear the History in the Chrome Browser
Here’s how to find where your computer stores any files you have downloaded from Chrome.
Clear the History in the Firefox Browser
Deleting your downloads history in Firefox is even easier.
All Clear
Remember, you need to move the files to the trash, empty the trash, and clear the history in the web browser if you want all traces of your downloads to be removed.
