DiagnosticReports User Logs

What is DiagnosticReports User Logs?

~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports is a user-level log folder on macOS. It stores diagnostic reports and related log files generated when apps or background components encounter crashes, hangs, or other errors. These files are mainly used for troubleshooting, support, and debugging, and you may encounter them when checking storage usage or investigating why an app stopped working. The contents can include timestamps, process names, and technical details about failures during normal use. Because this location is inside your user Library, it affects reports for your account rather than system-wide logging. Removing old files here usually clears past report history, but new diagnostic logs can be created again later as needed.

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

Files in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports are diagnostic logs, not core app binaries or system components. They can contain technical details about app activity, crash events, file paths, usernames, and other troubleshooting data, so review them before sharing or archiving them. Deleting log files generally removes historical diagnostic information, which can make later troubleshooting harder, but it does not normally uninstall apps or remove personal documents.

Recommendation: Keep this folder if you are troubleshooting app crashes, working with support, or want a history of recent diagnostic events. If you do not need old reports, you can remove older log files to free a small amount of space; macOS or apps may recreate new reports later when new problems occur.

File path

• ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

Related can I delete pages

• ~/Library/Logs

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