Relocated Items
Relocated Items is a macOS folder created after some system upgrades to hold files the installer could not return to their original locations.
What is Relocated Items?
Relocated Items is a folder macOS may place in /Users/Shared after a major system update or migration. It typically contains configuration files, reports, or other items that the upgrade process moved aside because they were incompatible, modified, or no longer belonged in their previous system locations. People usually notice it after upgrading macOS and wonder why it appeared suddenly.
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Safety overview
Status: Use with caution
This folder is not usually an active app component, but its contents can include older system- or software-related files that were preserved for review. Removing it without checking may discard troubleshooting information or uncommon configuration data that some older software depended on.
Recommendation: Open the folder and review what it contains before doing anything. If it only includes old reports or clearly obsolete relocated files and your Mac works normally, it may be optional to remove later. If you see configuration files you do not recognize, or you recently upgraded and are still verifying apps and hardware, keep it until you are confident nothing depends on it.
File path
/Users/Shared/Relocated Items
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