Archives can be deleted automatically after expansion with the help of a hidden preference panel in Mac OS X. Here’s how to find and enable this setting:
- From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window and type the following path:
- Locate and open “Archive Utility”
- Pull down the Archive Utility menu and choose “Preferences”
- Look for “After Expanding” and choose “Delete Archive” from the pull down menu, then quit Archive Utility for changes to take effect
/System/Library/CoreServices/
Newly extracted archives will now delete themselves, making this a perfect solution for those of us who don’t want a Downloads folder full of leftover .zip files.
If you’re not comfortable with the archives being automatically deleted, a happy medium is to choose “move archive to Trash” from the pulldown menu instead. This will place leftover zips into Trash but not actually delete them without user input.
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