How do i clean up my hard disk

My hard disk has only 40 GB free out of 160 GB. Is
it possible to get a listing of everything on this drive so I can begin delete the clutter?

Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper (free), open it.  It will show all of your files and the respective sizes.  Delete what you do not want or need.
Ciao,

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