What directory/area is needed to delete files when your startup disk is warning it's getting full?

Have the message that the startup disk is near full and I need to delete files.  What area or directory will directly clear this issue.  I have cleared out trash and deleted files....is there a specific directory that causes this issue.  thanks much

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
  1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
  2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
  3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
  4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
  5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
  6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
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