What is disk space other on Mac bool pro

On my disk drive I have over 260 GB of  " OTHER " space used, But i don't know what it is and I need the disk space how do I frre this space up?

Any number of things - what cannot be classified into the other categories is Other. This also includes local Time Machine snapshots if enabled. To disable and remove snapshots:
Open the Terminal in the Utilities folder and enter or paste the appropriate command line. Press RETURN and enter your admin password when prompted. It will not be echoed.
To turn them ON: sudo tmutil enablelocal
To turn them OFF: sudo tmutil disablelocal
Note that turning them OFF will also delete all existing snapshots.
Otherwise, perhaps your drive is just full. If you select your drive's Desktop icon and Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. What is displayed for Capacity, Available, and Used in the upper panel?

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