Hdd full of "other " ??

My 1tb drive has only 3 gb left free and 90% is labelled "other" please help

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    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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    Back up all data now.
    Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
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    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
    Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
    The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders. It may take some minutes for ODS to list all the files.
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