Keeping my Macbook air to min disk space

what programme can i download which will routinely delete old files so i dont clogg up my disk space on my air ?  i am having troubles finding something which works with the mac OSX 10.6.8 . Thanks !

What is the size of your storage and how much is used?
The general technique is to use search programs and manually delete the files.  A popular one is
OmniDiskSweeper.
For hints on how to free disk/SSD storage see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5779274?tstart=0

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