LOW STORAGE FIX FOR FIRE TV DEVICES (FIRESTICK, CUBE OR TV) - EASY METHOD

[@LawrenceCasey]

Wow I have now got, after following your instructions, over a gig and a half more space. Thank you, this has been a definitely an eye opener. And please keep up the good work.

[@1911loaded]

The problem for me is even if I delete every app I have less than 500mb of storage. The issue is Amazon has pushed so many apps you can't delete it's hogging all the storage. The amount of space the firestick or tv gives you is a joke

[@CuriosityCafe]

So the first time you set up the initial stick, you can elect to not have all that on there. I had over 4gb available after install. Just a tip. Also it's only about $10 to add a 32gb memory stick to it. Super easy (we have videos on both processes).

[@preese100]

Your instructions are clear, precise....just incredible. Thanks!!

[@guyfischer4526]

That is amazing I had 77 apk files removed them went from 89% full to 69% now giving me 1.98GB of space and that before clearing cache which I do frequently. Now after clearing cache I have 2.27GB. Thank you thank you thank you. I always wondered what was up with the storage shortage. AMAZING!!!!

[@MANOTTI781]

As always you provide us with the most useful information related to firestick abilities keep up the good work

[@elishabroutonchefe3374]

Ooooh Thanks 1.29 GB after you showed me how to delete it from ES Explorer. You're the MAN thanks!!!

[@bodyjewels]

As always your videos are fantastic, I have multiple file managers and I also have a terabyte drive that I use for tivimate to save videos on, if you could make an end up the video on how to save your apks and apps to the file manager to move them over to the terabyte hard drive it will be wonderful I need a new firestick and I don't want to have to reload everything I'd like to see if either a I can run them off the terabyte orbi save them to the terabyte and then move them back over to the new Fire stick that would be such a blessing so I don't have to redo every single thing looking forward to your answer thanks so much

[@cornaljones3604]

I am new to the firetv stick, I’ve been watching your channel and love your content

[@coquipa379]

Thank You for the info, now I have a weekend home work!...

[@Quadey0919]

Thank you for this, would not have had a clue how to resolve this low storage issue. Geoff (UK)

[@terrancemurphy6027]

Nicely done. Quick clear and real. Thanks

[@MarcCharleston-u4h]

Mr Cafe, i enjoyed watching your tutorials because the way you speak slowly for someone like me to follow step by step. Thank you. My question is: i am having a problem installing anything on my firestick like downloader Es file explorer, i have over 1g to be exact 1.35 gig free storage and when i click on those files to install it took me right back to search. Any suggestion what is causing this problem. Thanks again.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Hard to say, but we can try some things. Reach out on Patreon for support and we can look closer. Public comments is not the place for this - Patreon.com/curiositycafeyoutube

[@imbrendo7757]

turns out I had Total Recall, Batwoman, and the Uncharted movie downloaded lol thank you so much!

[@CuriosityCafe]

Good taste

[@BrianMartinez-g8d]

Freed up close to 1G by deleting the app installers THNX!!! 8:38

[@FirstSergeant]

Great info on cleaning up firestick.

[@albertosa5132]

As always great video and valuable info. Thank you

[@christophervickers9685]

Bro ty so much I always felt like I was a computer wiz bye hacking and moddi g almost everything I do but something so simple was stopping g me from downloading I was at 97% after doi g all these steps down to 50% tysm

[@JamesMackay-t7k]

Hi - thanks for a very helpful video. I was getting the critical memory message and I followed through all the steps that you suggested and deleted a few Apps. I now have 533MB free and only a handful of Apps installed. I have restarted Firestick - any ideas?

[@hxd_berlin]

Thank you very much! Very helpful and great results.

[@macemace3194]

Thank you for you help...much appreciated! What is the largest Device and External Storage that the Fire stick will allow? Can I use a Western Digital External HD of 5 TB for device and external storage? Thank you!🙏

[@CuriosityCafe]

2TB and we provided equipment needed including a special cord and low draw drive on our expansion video we recently posted

[@yanited1892]

Thanks for this video, I've restored around 400mb due that ES app.

[@elesixestepa373]

Great information. Thanks again for making these videos..

[@meymeygiterdone8194]

Love your channel.. keep up the great work..

[@lorispino6827]

Thanks always learn something new .🤔

[@DawnHurtado]

Hi Mr. CC Thanks as always.

[@sherikuykendall2621]

Thank you so much for this video. It really helped me a lot.

[@juliocruz4276]

Woow thank you for the info, that’s is a good information I’m doing that as soon as I can thank again your amazing

[@jgravinnijr]

Thank you for your classes,can u remove everything like Amazon aps? Like pictures ,Amazon store,

[@CuriosityCafe]

Everything that is able to be deleted will be in that section on the video

[@samyan24]

Legend! Thanks for this helpful vid!

[@Shadow-wn5fw]

Thanks for all your info. For some reason I can’t clear more than 16.38 kb of a few apps. ie: Amazon Kids, Amazon Music, App Store. I follow your instructions but as soon as I come out the app it goes back to 16.38 kb. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

[@CuriosityCafe]

16kb? That’s like a grain of sand in the desert. Too small amount to worry. Some apps require a small amount to launch. We talk about that in our videos. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Worry about MB

[@matthewgandy1813]

THANKS FOR THE IMFO HEY DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THOSE ANNOYING YELLOW NOTICATION DOTS OFF MY FIRESTICK EVEN THOUGH I TURN OFF NOTICATION SETTINGS I STILL GET THOSE YELLOW DOTS ABOVE MY APP ON MY HOME PAGE

[@hillside83]

Awesome video, thank you very much.

[@peterrunions5839]

Thank you for the useful information.

[@KevinHintzSr]

Hello You have a great channel. My problem is with the fire cube I go into application to clear my cash out and then it comes right back again. When I hit clear cache it goes to zero but when I hit the return button for the next app the previous cash comes back.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Are you talking about the small KB? Or the MB that comes back? All apps require a little bit to operate. It's when it gets in the MB that it matters.

[@GhpNetwork]

So, what' your alternative to Kodi, because it's all I've been using the last 4 years, and afraid to get rid of it because I don't know what else to use

[@CuriosityCafe]

We share options on Patreon. As you might be aware, KZbin will delete channels that mention apps similar. That's why we post them on Patreon. Links in the description. We have 20 alternatives that are better

[@GhpNetwork]

@@CuriosityCafe Thanks

[@lovethedogs123]

this was so helpful thank you!

[@johnverrochi6015]

Nicely done

[@damokelly415]

Worked well, thanks 👍

[@forvaughn]

Great info! Thanks! Subscribed.

[@jimgeiser487]

I have4 TV sets and 4 Fire sticks. If i clear the Cache etc on one set does that clear all sets?

[@CuriosityCafe]

No, each one is separate

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks for the tips

[@jayainsworth51]

I have had Best Buys Geek Squad come out 4 times trying to get this to work. I've been given several reasons for this not working. Needs more power, thumb drive to large, needs to be a USB 3 thumb drive, need 4k firestick. I have bought 3 OTGs, thumbdrives 1g 2.0, 32g 2.0, 32g 3.1, early versions of the firestick, & a 4k firestick. My firestick is in my hdmi port, otg connected to firestick, thumbdrive, and power. This setup exists on all 3 of my smart vizio tvs. TV can't find the drive just the firestick. What's wrong.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Did you reach out to us on Patreon so we can see what you are doing?

[@mdhick8]

Thank you for this video. However, I just installed Firestick on 3/26/23 and can't clear all the cache for Amazon apps that my elderly parents don't use. I follow the process and cleared the cache. But when I back out, it goes back to what it had before. Am I missing a command? Also, all the apk files on my downloaded apps were empty and I never clear them. HMM

[@CuriosityCafe]

I think you missed an important part of this video. The difference between KB and MB in regards to cache. Might want to rewatch.

[@terrenceguy1082]

great job great info

[@raymcphatter9191]

Thanks for the info

[@karifritz9493]

Funny because on my stick I have cache collecting on apps ive never opened or used that come on the stick. Can that be explained???

[@CuriosityCafe]

Some apps have a very small amount of cache required just to launch the app (and collect your information in the background). You can deactivate those apps in settings. But KB cache doesn't affect your storage like MB does

[@sandratrim4309]

What if you see when your apps running crazy and I'm not understanding I don't have the children stuff on the fire stick from my granddaughtercy has her own stuff and it's running I got 2 running apps that I don't think they should be running and they're costly eaten app the data and I constantly have to go back and clear the cache

[@CuriosityCafe]

Disable the apps

[@samanthastanley7422]

So helpful!

[@geoJetson2208]

❤ So very much appreciated❤

[@perryg4862]

I downloaded the ES File Explorer App, and when I run the Def Squid Virus scan, it says that ES file explorer (and Cinema HD V2) apps found 'harmful virus'.......Is this something to worry about? Thanks again for all this info!!

[@CuriosityCafe]

Any app that you've allowed access to your system will pull up that way. It's harmless (cinema is a different story)

[@dorawaguespack7804]

when you say Cinama is a different story are you saying it's harmful? I can do all these steps and still have less than 1g.. I don't get it. I've used total commander, def squid and es explorer and even checked files in down loader and find nothing.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Dora, it's only harmful if you don't have a VPN. It's open source, so who knows what servers you are accessing and what hackers are there. So, to answer your question... without a VPN it's absolutely risky. We use this one: expressvpn.com/curiositycafe

[@DaveSlamGSS]

Thanks Pal

[@claireparr4489]

Brilliant thank you!😊

[@RameshSeelochan]

I recently upgraded a Firestick 4K to a Firestick 4K Max. When I setup the 4k Max, I was able to import the apps from the 4K stick. surprisingly after a week of using the 4K Max, I started receiving the error that I was running low on space. Never received it with the regular 4K.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Yeah, it''s how you initially set it up. We have some videos to help with this. You might have to factory reset it and start over after watching our videos. So many people just allow amazon to put all their stuff on there. Never do that.

[@MustangTaz62]

what is the other way to uninstall? I don' have it on Mangae installed apps

[@CuriosityCafe]

If the app is able to be uninstalled (not a preloaded app) then you can use this method.

[@amirshabazz1393]

@CURIOSITY CAFE...What am I doing wrong with clearing cache. I have a Fire TV and I followed your instruction to clear the cache to zero but when I hit the back error on my remote to clear cache in other apps, the cache I thought I cleared is still there.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Are you talking about the small grain of sand called KB? Or what you should worry about in MB? Please clarify

[@amirshabazz1393]

When I clear the cache and hit the back arrow on my remote, the cache reappears.

[@CuriosityCafe]

How much comes back? MB or KB? Look at that. Kb is like a grain of sand and some apps require it just to launch. Learn the difference

[@amirshabazz1393]

I've cleared cache for Apps Airplay, BETplus & Freevee that has 16.38kb and when I hit the back arrow key on the remote the 16.38kb reappears.

[@CuriosityCafe]

That's perfect. So KB. You are good. Means nothing

[@Valsdollroom]

There is nothing in my "all apks" folder. Is that normal? I've never done this before.

[@CuriosityCafe]

I'm guessing you've never installed a 3rd party app to get free movies and live tv - is this true?

[@Valsdollroom]

@Curiosity Cafe yes it is. Thanks for getting back to me and thanks for your videos . 👍

[@FLUKdaDEMS]

I have the message pop-up that says storage critically low, and then the option to uninstall apps, but when I click on it, it just goes back to the same screen. It won't let me go to settings.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Do it manually like we show in our videos

[@DYS_72]

I tried everything on here and still can’t find what is taking up 87% of my storage. Got hopeful when I went to the apk files but that folder was completely empty. Moved most of my apps to external storage too.any suggestions?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Did you delete Amazon photos and turn off that setting?

[@DYS_72]

@@CuriosityCafe thank you for responding. Do you mean the photos app? What setting?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Spend some time watching our settings videos. They are on our channel, or reach out on patreon and one of our guys can't help you.

[@MC-eb2yc]

What do you do if you are only using 32% of your internal storage space but it’s still having me free up space. I have plenty of space. I’m not even using 50% of the storage space at this point. My tv is completely up to date but I can’t even watch it because this stupid message pops up every 5 mins.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Did you restart your stick?

[@jamiefreitas7849]

Help! I have deleted apps, there is almost nothing left, cleared cache, but my storage is still at 93%. My. apks says folder empty. What do I do now? I'm on a FireTv.

[@CuriosityCafe]

Something was probably downloaded. You can always factory reset it

[@jamiefreitas7849]

Thanks for trying to help. Your videos are really well done and easy to implement. Unfortunately there were no downloads. Apparently this is a common problem that so many encounter and rarely can remedy. I will try a factory reset, and if that doesn't work I will try to use my Firestick with the TV, and/or a USB drive. Such a shame I've had 6 years with no issue then, suddenly out of nowhere, with nothing new added this happened. Otherwise I really like the TV. Good picture and sound quality.

[@debbieherrera6265]

I deleted all the cache and attempted to download the es file and I get a message that I don’t have enough space to download. I don’t have a lot of apps …

[@CuriosityCafe]

Did you restart your firestick after clearing cache?

[@FreetoliveinFire]

I click on All apks and it just shows EMPTY FOLDER... am I doing something wrong?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Not sure. Have you ever installed a 3rd party apk? Like cinemaHD or Cyberflix?

[@missyelliott357]

I've done all this and keep getting the "critically low storage" message. I dont even have many apps. help!

[@CuriosityCafe]

You need to find out what you downloaded. Are you using a program that you could pause tv, record tv, or download content? Might have done that. After clearing cache, etc did you do the REQUIRED task of restarting your firestick like we mentioned in the video? Just asking

[@DarrylSterling]

How can i get Sterling Tv

[@CuriosityCafe]

Sterling is not accepting new members. We have alternatives on Patreon though

[@leonalee7469]

Oh my God, I didn’t download nothing. The fire stick did an update now I have all kinds of problems. Do I get a new fire stick or new TV? I don’t know what to do. Somebody help me.

[@CuriosityCafe]

It’s an easy fix. Our videos will help. Click on our channel and click firestick help

[@poundsand3413]

There are apps that I never use, but they always have some data cached, even immediately after I clear it out

[@CuriosityCafe]

Yes of course. We all know (from our previous videos) that some apps require a small kb amount of cache to be able to launch... Usually 12-16kb. Luckily that doesn't affect your overall storage unless you have over 5,000 of those apps.

[@tracilott4666]

Followed your instructions to delete the apk and it says i have none on the system

[@CuriosityCafe]

All that means is you never installed 3rd party apps to get free movies, tv, games etc

[@hells_kells]

I did everything on this video, including removing APK's via es file explorer. It only freed up less than 1gb. I only have 5 apps installed and the firestick is only weeks old. Yet i only have 1gb left on the firestick. My apps only take up 1.2GB so what is taking up all my storage? HELP! Does anyone have any other advice, I'm so confused

[@CuriosityCafe]

We have a few different videos. Probably the way you set it up. I would watch our setup videos and reset the stick and set it up properly.

[@hells_kells]

@@CuriosityCafe thanks so much for responding, I wasn't expecting that. Would I be able to follow the most recent video even if my firestick isn't the 4k one? I've watched so many videos today my brain is hurting me 😂 and I can't face watching anymore unless I know it's the correct one. Thanks so much for your content by the way, only found you today and you have a new subby

[@petea.9619]

mine wont let me delete any apps bc the low storage message keeps popping up so it brings me back to the home screen everytime

[@CuriosityCafe]

Wow, that's really bad. Did your restart the firestick to clear the message?

[@uknown_brawl2982]

Mine won’t let me delete anything like I just made this account and it says I have no space it won’t let me download nothing

[@CuriosityCafe]

We have a couple videos you need tk watch. One is how to properly set up the stick to avoid the storage issues and the other is how to get into file manager pro to see what’s taking the space. All on this channel

[@kunwarkulwendrasinghrathor4763]

After every software update, storage decreases... Even if i keep zero apps ,i will get 700mb free storage...what happened to the rest if space, i understand new update file consumes space but they should be deleted after installation

[@CuriosityCafe]

It's how you have it set up. We actually have videos to show you how to properly set it up. You should have 4GB free. We show it on our video. Are you subbed? Perhaps you missed this video.

[@mollieward8901]

How do I stop my fire stick from buffering when I’m trying to watch a movie?

[@CuriosityCafe]

We have many videos to help with this. Click our channel name to see all our help videos

[@deanna_lynn02]

We deleted all apps and just have the firestick as is and it still takes up 5.33 GB out of our 6GB. What can we do?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Did you delete the apk installers? Did you restart the firestick after doing so?

[@deanna_lynn02]

@@CuriosityCafe we did not restart the firestick. My husband asked if we need to redo it and then restart?

[@CuriosityCafe]

You updated low storage won't be cleared unless you restart. Also most storage is taken up by apk installers. We have a full video on the process. You could factory reset it, but you will lose everything. Be sure delete apk installers in the future after installing anything.

[@billcampbell3593]

My folder is empty. No apks??? How is that possible

[@CuriosityCafe]

Have you never jailbroken the stick and added 3rd party apps via downloader?

[@shawn1869]

I literally have 3 apps and im critically low on storage. This seems like Amazon's fault...why are we having to deal with this?

[@CuriosityCafe]

It's sad because they don't teach how to properly use the stick. Sooo many people use amazon photos. if you sync the stick to your account and don't turn that setting off, your stick is full in a day or two. Another issue people don't know is that if you don't add an external drive to the stick and use an app that pauses or records tv (many iptvs, tivimate, even netflix and sling) it saves it directly on your local drive, filling it up. We have videos that will show you how to set it up properly. I have over 100 apps on my demo stick and over 4GB available internally still and just under 2TB on external and can record whatever I want. Just have to set it up correctly. We help with that.

[@jeffpressley5144]

Are there any free app what will give me ABC cbs nbc fox @ no cost? Tks

[@CuriosityCafe]

Yes, we share them on patreon. Link in the description section (can't share on youtube obviously).

[@jeffpressley5144]

@@CuriosityCafe can you send me that link?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Patreon links are in the description section of ALL our videos. But here it is as well - patreon.com/curiositycafeyoutube - Join and you will see all the posts and installers for free apps

[@jeffpressley5144]

@@CuriosityCafe thank you Sir 😎

[@jaymesanchez6069]

Please get back to me. I did everything u said now my remote to firestick won’t do anything!!! Stays on just ONE app. Can’t volume up or down, can’t mute, can’t up and down, can’t turn off from remote.. etc.. what happened. Do I have to buy a new firestick now? Shit!!!!!!!

[@CuriosityCafe]

Unplug your firestick from power AND your tv, wait 60'seconds and plug it back in. You can also use the fire tv app to control the stick to get into settings. Also replace your remote batteries

[@rosefitzgerald6277]

I am trying to find an app dang bei

[@CuriosityCafe]

If you are in the us, it's called background apps and processes and it's built into the Amazon App Store

[@Olegreyhairedhippy]

I don't have an ES File Explorer😮

[@CuriosityCafe]

It’s in the Amazon App Store

[@15heartz]

At least give 32GB on sticks

[@CuriosityCafe]

I agree, however for $7 you can add 32GB easily

[@15heartz]

@@CuriosityCafe Huh, explain

[@CuriosityCafe]

We have videos on it explaining it all. Easiest thing to do is add storage with the new firestick max

[@15heartz]

@@CuriosityCafe link?

[@CuriosityCafe]

Our channel is clickable and we have them sorted in playlists. Enjoy