# Clear Designer Cache on Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [November 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-designer-cache-on-mac/81688 "2023-11-08T22:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travis.broussard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@travis.broussard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travis.broussard)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-designer-cache-on-mac/81688/1 "2023-11-08T22:35:39Z")
Hey guys, I'm having some very weird performance issues with the Designer on Mac OS 14.1 Sonoma. I'd like to reinstall the Designer, but I can't quite figure out where all of the files it leaves behind are. No matter how thorough I think I am, when I reinstall the Designer, my gateway configurations are still there, so I'm obviously missing something. Does anyone have a list of files that the Designer uses on a Mac so I can try to completely purge it from the system? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-designer-cache-on-mac/81688/2 "2023-11-08T22:38:37Z")
There's a (hidden) .ignition cache folder in your local user directory. You can safely delete the whole folder, and anything relevant to client/designer runtime will redownload upon the next launch. ---
**Author:** ![travis.broussard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@travis.broussard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travis.broussard)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-designer-cache-on-mac/81688/3 "2023-11-08T22:42:15Z")
Thank you! (I should've guessed that! haha)