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Messages folders

What Messages keeps on your Mac, which folders are safe to delete, and what you lose.

Folder	Safe to delete?
`~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MobileSMS/Data/Library/Caches` Temporary files of Messages	Safe
`~/Library/Messages` Your text messages	Keep
`~/Library/Messages/Attachments` Photos and files from chats	Keep

Clean up Messages with Gigabroom

Open Gigabroom and wait for the scan.
Open Clean Up and look under the group for these folders. Every folder above is named and labeled (Safe, Rebuilds itself, Check first, Keep).
Tick what you want to remove and click Clean Up. Items go to the Trash first.