volta-node-cleanup

You can manually remove obsolete Volta Node.js versions on macOS by using rm -rf to delete the target version directory under ~/.volta/tools/image/node/ and rm -f to delete the matching inventory tar.gz files.

Reclaim disk space from Volta Node versions by directly deleting the installed artifacts in the ~/.volta directory structure, which removes the actual files consuming storage when automatic uninstall is unavailable.

The volta uninstall command is currently unavailable or does not exist for this purpose, so you must use direct filesystem deletions targeting the ~/.volta directory to clean up old Node versions.

This manual Node cleanup method targets the macOS-specific darwin tar.gz files in the ~/.volta inventory directory, so the deterministic deletion process is specifically designed for macOS environments.

Volta keeps old Node.js versions after upgrading because it lacks a built-in uninstall command to automatically prune outdated artifacts, leaving obsolete directories in the ~/.volta/tools/image/node/ path consuming disk space.