{"id":5272,"date":"2017-08-03T08:44:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2025-08-12T02:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:59:31","slug":"delete-itunes-backup-file-on-mac-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/delete-itunes-backup-file-on-mac-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete iTunes Backup File on Mac or Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once your iPhone\/iPad\/iPod etc iOS devices connect to Mac or Windows, the iTunes will automatically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/iphone-ipad\/data-backup-for-iphone-ipad-ipod.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back up your devices data<\/a> and save the backup in the default location, the system hard disk.<\/p>\n<p>So as you see, if you usually connect your iOS devices to computer, lots of iTunes backup will be created and most of them probably are not different but they still occupy computer space. In order to free the space to improve system performance, you just could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/delete-itunes-backup-file-on-mac-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>delete the unwanted iTunes backup file<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Common way to delete iTunes backup file by iTunes on both Windows and Mac:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Find the iOS devices backup from iTunes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Windows, choose <strong>Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Devices<\/strong> in iTunes menu.<\/li>\n<li>On Mac, click iTunes in top menu bar and choose <strong>Preferences &gt; Devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In pop-up <strong>Devices Preferences<\/strong> dialog, you can see all of the device backups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Delete one or all of iTunes backup in iTunes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select the backup you want to delete from list, and click <strong>Delete<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>Delete Backup<\/strong> button. If you are not sure, you can show in finder to view its details at first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-on-windows-and-mac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"472\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-on-windows-and-mac.png\" alt=\"delete iTunes backup on Windows and Mac in iTunes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-on-windows-and-mac.png 572w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-on-windows-and-mac-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides, you can also follow another way to respectively delete iTunes backup file on Mac or Windows, according to the way to locate iTunes backup file on Mac and Windows.<\/p>\n<h3>Section 1: Locate iTunes backup file on Mac and Windows<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For Mac:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press\u00a0<strong>Command + Shift + G<\/strong> to open <strong>Go to Folder<\/strong> dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the default backup location ~\/Library\/Application Support\/MobileSync\/Backup\/. And click OK to go to the folder that saves all of iTunes backup file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-itunes-backup-file-on-mac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-itunes-backup-file-on-mac.png\" alt=\"find iTunes backup on Mac\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-itunes-backup-file-on-mac.png 431w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-itunes-backup-file-on-mac-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter iTunes backup file is hidden or not, you can find them with this way. More details in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/mac\/locate-itunes-backup-file-on-mac-os-x.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 ways to locate iTunes backup file on Mac OS X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open <strong>Computer <\/strong>and enter the default address in the address bar. Press Enter and you will be gotten to the iTunes backup folder on Windows computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Windows 10:<\/strong> C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Roaming\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows 8\/8.1\/7\/Vista:<\/strong> C:\\Users\\UserName\\AppData\\Roaming\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows XP:<\/strong> C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Application Data\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/locate-itunes-backup-on-windows.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"292\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/locate-itunes-backup-on-windows.png\" alt=\"locate iTunes backup file on Windows\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/locate-itunes-backup-on-windows.png 617w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/locate-itunes-backup-on-windows-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Section 2: Delete specific or all iTunes backup file on Mac and Windows<\/h3>\n<p>Open the folder named with several characters and numbers and you can see the file &#8220;Manifest.plist&#8221;. If you decide to delete iTunes backup file, choose such a folder to delete.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-file-in-hard-drive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"327\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-file-in-hard-drive.png\" alt=\"delete iTunes backup file in hard drive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-file-in-hard-drive.png 617w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-itunes-backup-file-in-hard-drive-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After iTunes backup file deletion, the iTunes backup file password will be removed at the same time. So when you connect iOS devices to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/iphone-ipad\/data-backup-for-iphone-ipad-ipod.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make a backup through iTunes<\/a> after that, you will need to create a new password to encrypt iTunes backup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/mac\/show-or-hide-hidden-files-or-folder-on-mac-os-x.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Show or Hide Hidden Files or Folder on Mac OS X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/hide-file-and-folder-in-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/itunes-password\/turn-off-backup-encryption-in-itunes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turn off\/Disable Backup Encryption in iTunes with or without Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/itunes-password\/three-ways-to-remove-iphone-itunes-backup-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Ways to Remove iPhone iTunes Backup Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/ios\/itunes-data-recovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple Way to Extract Data from iTunes Backup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once your iPhone\/iPad\/iPod etc iOS devices connect to Mac or Windows, the iTunes will automatically back up your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-5272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ios-devices","tag-delete-file"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126809,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5272\/revisions\/126809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}