CrashReporter User Logs

What is CrashReporter User Logs?

CrashReporter User Logs is a macOS diagnostics folder that stores crash reports created when an app or process quits unexpectedly. These logs help developers, support teams, and advanced users investigate why a crash happened by recording details such as the process name, time of failure, exception information, and stack traces. You may encounter this folder when troubleshooting unstable apps, checking repeated crashes, or collecting logs requested by technical support. On modern versions of macOS, crash reports can include .ips files and related report formats that are viewable in Console and other diagnostic tools. The folder is part of normal system troubleshooting workflows and is not an app you use directly, but a place where macOS keeps user-level crash information.

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

Files in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter are diagnostic reports created by macOS for your user account. They can contain app names, timestamps, device details, and technical traces from the moment of a crash, so review them before sharing outside your organization. Removing old reports usually does not damage apps or macOS, but it also removes information that can help diagnose recurring problems. Keep current logs if you are actively troubleshooting crashes.

Recommendation: Keep these logs while you are diagnosing app crashes or when support has asked for them. If you are not troubleshooting anything and want to free a small amount of space or clear old diagnostic history, you can delete older report files and let macOS create new ones when future crashes occur.

File path

• ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter

Related apps

• Console

Related processes

• CrashReporter

Related can I delete pages

• ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

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