Nvm: Is it safe to delete files on .nvm/.cache/ folder? (it is taking too much space)

[mmuriel]

• Operating system and version: MacOS X El Capital, v 10.11.6

• nvm debug output:
  nvm --version: v0.33.0
  $SHELL: /bin/bash
  $HOME: /Users/macuser
  $NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
  $PREFIX: ''
  $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
  nvm current: v6.10.0
  which node: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.10.0/bin/node
  which iojs:
  which npm: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.10.0/bin/npm
  npm config get prefix: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.10.0
  npm root -g: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.10.0/lib/node_modules
  

• nvm ls output:
  v4.5.0
  v5.7.1
  -> v6.10.0
  system
  default -> 6.10.0 (-> v6.10.0)
  node -> stable (-> v6.10.0) (default)
  stable -> 6.10 (-> v6.10.0) (default)
  iojs -> N/A (default)
  lts/* -> lts/boron (-> v6.10.0)
  lts/argon -> v4.8.0 (-> N/A)
  lts/boron -> v6.10.0
  

• How did you install nvm? (e.g. install script in readme, homebrew):
  Install script

• What steps did you perform?

• What happened?

• What did you expect to happen?

• Is there anything in any of your profile files (.bashrc, .bash_profile, .zshrc, etc) that modifies the PATH?

• If you are having installation issues, or getting "N/A", what does curl -I --compressed -v https://nodejs.org/dist/ print out?
  
  
  

This is the information about the folder I'm talking about:

MacBook-Air-2013-MM:.cache macuser$ pwd
/Users/macuser/.nvm/.cache
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:.cache macuser$ du -ksh *
19M bin
1.8G src
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:.cache macuser$ cd src/
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:src macuser$ du -ksh *
1.8G node-v6.10.0
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:src macuser$ cd node-v6.10.0/
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:node-v6.10.0 macuser$ du -ksh *
1.7G files
25M node-v6.10.0.tar.gz
MacBook-Air-2013-MM:node-v6.10.0 macuser$

Is there something I could delete to free space on my machine?

[ljharb]

Quite safe! You can run nvm cache clear to clear it.

[mmuriel]

Thank you @ljharb it works great, there isn't space consumed by .cache folder now.