I installed catalina then downgraded to mojave using time machine backup. Now I have a second drive Macintosh HD data on my machine. Can I delete this?

I installed Catalina and decided I did not want it, then downgraded to Mojave using a Time Machine backup. Now I have a second volume on my desktop called "Macintosh HD - Data", which appears to be a Catalina created volume. How do I get rid of this if I no longer want Catalina and do not want Time Machine backing up this volume too ? (it appears Time Machine is backing up twice my original volume size).

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 05:29 PM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2019 08:28 PM

Sure you can remove it. Open Disk Utility. Select the volume entry under the container for your Mojave and the old Catalina - Data volume. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the volume then select Delete APFS Volume from the context menu.

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I installed catalina then downgraded to mojave using time machine backup. Now I have a second drive Macintosh HD data on my machine. Can I delete this?

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