Don’t worry, macOS isn’t going to delete any of your important files - the files in purgeable space are actually more of a redundancy feature. Removing purgeable files from mac for bootcamp. Your macOS system will only remove purgeable space from your Mac when there is a need for additional storage. You can then sort the files by size, kind or last access date and determine if you want to delete any of them to free up some space on your storage device.