Today, we will be taking a look at the various ways you can follow to manage and save space on your PlayStation 5. Let’s get started.
How To Save Storage on PlayStation 5
Managing storage space on the 829 GB SSD can be a bit tedious, especially for those who play a lot of games that are relatively large in size. Let’s take a look at the different ways you can follow o manage your storage space on the PS5.
Golden Rule: Delete PS5 Games You Do Not Play Any More
A lot of games out there take up a large portion of space. While most games have sizes of around 20 to 30 GB, some games can even go above 100 GB at this point and could go even more in upcoming months. To manage space, you first need to take a look at the games you have installed on your PS5. Identify the ones that you play the most and the ones that you play the least or hardly play at all. The best you can do is remove or uninstall games that you rarely play to save space on PS5. No matter the size of the game, you will be reclaiming some amount of storage space back. Here’s how to delete apps and games.
Delete Saved Data And Settings From Apps and Games
Saved Data are files that are created from the various games and apps that you use. With this saved data, you can always continue your game progress right away whenever you install the particular game or app back to your PS5. However, if you already have a backup of the saved data or simply no longer need this data, you can delete this saved data. Here are the steps.
Use a USB Drive As Extended Storage For your PS5
The good thing about the PS5 is that you can make use of a USB Storage drive to store your games and the app’s saved data easily. You can use any type of USB Drive, but you will have to first format the USB drive. Follow these steps to format your USB drive using the PS5.
Move Games To Additional M.2 SSD Storage (Recommended)
Because you can add additional M.2 SSD drives to your PS5, you can also move your apps and games to the additional storage. Provided you have the M.2 SSD installed on your PS5, follow these steps to move those apps and games.
Transfer Photos and Videos From PS5 To USB Drive
If you’re someone that takes a lot of screenshots and screen recordings of your gameplay on your PS5, it is possible to run out of storage on your PS5. However, you can easily transfer these images and videos to a USB drive. Here are the steps.
Adjust Screenshot and Video Capture Sizes
If you want to save a lot more storage space with your screenshots and video captures, you can easily adjust the size and format of the images and videos. For example, JPEG files take less space than PNG, and MKV files take less space than MP4. Here are the steps.
Disable PS5 Auto Capturing
The PS5 is great as it has the ability to capture video gameplay when you have unlocked a trophy achievement. This is cool when you want to show off the achievement. However, if you do not care about such achievements and video clips, you can disable them right away to save space on your PlayStation 5.
Make Use Of Cloud Storage
If you feel like you do not want to deal with all of the above, the best solution for you is to become a subscriber to PlayStation Plus. With PlayStation Plus, you will be able to easily save your game files, screenshots, and even screen recording files to the cloud. Sure it’s not ideal but if you want to run away from the headache of manually or locally storing your files, this is the way to go.
Conclusion
This continues the guide on how you can manage and save storage on your PS5 easily. Whether you use the Disc edition or the Digital edition of the console, the steps are applicable for both console editions. If you have questions or for that matter, any other solution to manage your storage space on the PS5, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
