Applications storage shows a larger space than there actually are apps

Hello 1501virginia,

Here's some general steps you can use for clearing storage on your device: Free up storage space on your Mac

If you want to get a breakdown of everything that's using space, you can use these steps:

1. Open Finder.
2. Select Go up in the menu bar and choose Computer.
3. Select the main hard drive. (generally named Macintosh HD)
4. Change the view to list view. (select the current view button at the top of the finder window next to the drive name and select "list")
5. Select View up in the menu bar > Show View Options, and at the bottom select Calculate All Sizes.
6. Close the view options window and then give Finder a few minutes to calculate the sizes.
7. Once the sizes have loaded, you can click the triangle next to the different folder names to expand and see everything in the folder. You can also then click on the "Size" column to organize it from greatest to least to see what is using the largest amount of storage.

From there you can delete things you want to get rid of by clicking and dragging them to the Trash in the dock. Once you're done deleting, right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash to permanently delete everything.

It's also a good idea to give your computer a restart after you have deleted a bunch of things from it.

Cheers!