How to regain storage space for Chromebooks

Usually Chromebook computers have limited internal memory and will quickly reach the maximum storage limit. From here, users will encounter error messages when downloading files and creating new files on the computer. It's time for users to clean up Chromebooks to regain precious storage space for themselves.

Check used storage capacity

Just using the Files application allows users to know how much disk space has been used and the rest on a Chromebook. In the Files application window, select the Downloads folder in the left column and then click the gear icon . In the drop down menu, you will see how much free disk space is left to use.

Delete the files in the Download folder

Open the Filer application and select the Download section on the left to view details of all downloaded files to your computer. Click the Size column to sort the downloaded files by size, the largest files will be displayed at the top. All downloaded files will appear in this list, so you can identify and delete files no longer needed to free up storage space for your device.

If you do not want to delete important files from the Download section, but still want to free up storage space for your device, you can upload those files to your Google Drive account, this is the ideal choice for files with content. Small amount or transfer to USB drive, portable hard drive . with large files.

Check out the Offline file of Google Drive

Access the Google Drive folder in the Files app, then select Offline to see the files you have downloaded on your Chromebook and use when there is no Internet connection. Usually when you work with these Offline files, when there is an Internet connection, those changes will be synchronized with Google Drive. In many cases there are files that have been around for a long time you haven't worked with them, but they still display in Offline mode and stored on the computer, in which case you should completely delete the Offline files. This goes to regain storage space for the machine.

Clear the cache and other browser data

By default, Chromebooks will not show users how much data is being cached by the browser cache and other temporary files, but the browser cache is likely to take up quite a bit. storage space of the system. This is to help speed up web browsing.

But to get back your storage space, of course you should clear the cache along with other browser temporary files by clicking the menu button > More tools> Clear browsing data. In the new window that appears, click on the 'Cached images and files' option to clear the browser cache, and History and other options here may also be taking up disk space. After selecting the types of browser data to delete, click the Clear browsing data button to completely remove them from the system.

Remove applications

Chrome OS also does not allow users to see how much of each installed and used application currently takes up the size of the drive. Normally, web-based applications will have very small capacity, but the applications running Offline will be quite large.

Therefore, selecting the applications to be removed is quite simple, mainly hidden games or Offline applications will take up the most disk space. You can remove them by opening the Launcher application, then right-clicking on the application's name to remove and selecting 'Remove from Chrome' or 'Uninstall' to remove it from the system.

Delete another user account

As such, you have completed managing the downloaded files, clearing the browser cache and removing the applications on a single user account. If the Chromebook is in use with many different user accounts, the same process can be repeated for each account to free up more storage space for the device.

Or a faster way is to delete that user account, which also means deleting all the data of that user account on the system. To remove user accounts, access the Chromebook's Settings screen, then press the 'Manage other users' button just below the 'Users' section. In the new window that appears, you can delete any user accounts that you no longer need to use.

Remove Developer Mode

If you've set up a computer running Linux using developer mode (Developer mode) of Chrome OS, the files will also use Chromebook's disk space. Therefore, you should remove the installation package (uninstall packages) or remove the files to free up disk space.

If you don't use Developer mode anymore, you need to disable this mode. Then, the Chromebook will reset the system to the factory default state, erase all user data, ensuring a clean Chrome OS system. However, there's no need to worry because most of the data on your Chromebook is synced online, so simply log in to your Google account again and the data will be synced back. device.