How To Rebuild Database On PS4 - Best Practices To Refresh Your PlayStation Like New Again!

In today's video I go in to more detail on what the Rebuild Database feature on the PlayStation 4 actually means, how it can benefit your game console, as well as walk through step by step how to access it from within the Safe Mode menu. I also bring up issues where you might want to rebuild the PS4 database in order to fix, such as freezing within the home screen or a corrupt game download. Finally, I recall the successes of when I rebuilt my PS4 database and one slight scare that was easily fixed by engaging the Restore Licenses feature, which I also walk through how to access this in detail. This video is information PACKED, so make sure you watch it all the way through to catch all the guides!
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[@HOHguy]

Its strange that this all is happening when the ps5 came out.. Edit: thanks for the likes, and oh im reading all the comments, its interesting.

[@knacx.]

Ye my ps4 says his doesn’t have enough storage 😑all of a sudden

[@team.visaul7992]

Yup

[@36steppers80]

Fr🤦🏽‍♂️

[@HOHguy]

@@knacx. yeah and mine has 700 gigs left

[@freshprince2.0]

My main menu screen keeps lagging and and it says to redownload some games because it says its corrupt date,

[@rad7514]

real talk tho you legit saved me from making it to the news.. edit: LMAO when did i type this

[@simplylee4862]

Lmaoo

[@shelovesmar]

what do you mean by that 😂😂😂

[@murkyjiz1616]

@@shelovesmar he was about to murder somone

[@thatboykori]

No cap

[@lodesdiper2126]

@@murkyjiz1616 huh?

[@hijack9802]

I’m wondering who would dislike the video, this guy is so helpful and really good at explaining things. Thank you for helping us with our problems 😊

[@Natori_1999]

Maybe the people who tired it and it didn't work lol

[@putent9623]

Manz really spent 10minutes on a video where he could of simply, gotten into safe mode, select the rebuild database option.

[@saulgoodmansfingerr8527]

@@putent9623 whether he spent 10 minutes or 10 hours wouldn't it affect our daily lives

[@martinandrade4313]

I would

[@salttrader4113]

If you did this with a jailbroken PS4 you basically just corrupted your database...

[@iBgamin]

I've been trying everything for over a month now and this is the only thing that worked for me! Thank you so much!

[@bmatthews12]

For years i wondered why my system ran so slow, and going into psn with lag was unbearable. Completely fixed once I rebuilt the database. Thank you so much sir. I'm banging my head on my desk right now.

[@JohnHammer]

That's so awesome! You're welcome, and I'm really glad to hear that this helped you too!

[@derrickjoiner8913]

When u rebuild your Database did u keep all your stuff on your game ?

[@varietydream1594]

@@derrickjoiner8913 yes

[@varietydream1594]

@@derrickjoiner8913 it doesn’t delete your account unless you click initialize ps4 that will wipe everything on your ps4

[@derrickjoiner8913]

@@varietydream1594 it deleted everything

[@xxartsykittyxx6902]

Love you so sooo much, for two days my ps4 just hasn’t been working as it should ever though it’s new but once I rebuild the database it work I was even able to sign into my network thank you so much you don’t know how stress out I was you’re a life saver!

[@laylaspam2413]

Man is a legend for explaining everything so well 😭

[@officialmiliehack9563]

I was overwhelmed with joy how fast and reliable u can be.

[@Seanothannn]

I’ve had my ps4 for 4 years and After the 3 years have passed, my ps4 have never ever ran it’s best at opening games up, opening chats, notifications, even the settings, etc. But since I did this for the first time, it actually made it run abit smoother

[@laranicolebagcatin6848]

Same I have used mine for 4 years nothing ever happened it was so good and when the ps5 was released it started doing stuff on its own or it freezes. May I ask that if it happened to you? And did you it, does it work

[@Seanothannn]

@@laranicolebagcatin6848 Uhh you mean by me doing it? Because if it is what your asking about, yes. I did the rebuild database and it made it a whole lot smoother.

[@laranicolebagcatin6848]

@@Seanothannn oh ok thanks

[@t1g3r85]

@@laranicolebagcatin6848 my hdd got corrupted after ps5 release and my 4 years of save data went

[@eatingdumbpaotaoes8686]

This helped me sooo much You explained everything i wanted to ask

[@JohnHammer]

That's great! I'm so glad this helped you too!

[@dilloncharles6508]

@@JohnHammer see when it says connect the DUALSHOCK4 using the USB cable and then press the PS button can it stay like that for an hour

[@MisterTheRobot]

You legit deserve a lot of attention, this was helpful! My brother has literally scuffed my ps4 data all up and this video helped me a lot, thx!

[@jito4895]

Hi John I really appreciate you're videos that helps a lot, I had a little frozen sometimes but with all of youre ideas, everything is going fine, thank you so much, long live youre life.

[@majedalthmali3640]

Thanks for the effort and all the details really helpful and easy to understand 👌🏽

[@Rebecca-chambers]

I think this actually helped get rid of the lag in my menu's thanks for that

[@charlynconner6256]

Thank you for your Help!! I appreciate your tone and intelligence presenting this information!

[@Chris_Sincere]

Great video bro. I know what you mean when you say that scary feeling when it boots up and says that the data may be corrupt and then it would do the rebuilding database process and reboot itself. Fortunately I never lost any data. It only would boot up with that issue when the power would trip from the weather being bad. And the ps4 would basically cut off like as if it was just unplugged out the socket. So grateful I never had to redownload any games due to loss of data to this. Take care bro and God Bless

[@youzabihh7763]

rebuilding my database right now because my game kept skipping and freezing but i did get the hard drive is currupt so hopefully this works!! thanks bro awesome vid

[@tblunt7755]

Thank you so much just pre ordered a game it was gone, always come back here for help.

[@LeonLesaq]

Dude You Saved Me, My PS4 Pro Been Starting To Lag But After This Video It Works Faster Holy Crap Thank You Dude

[@lucasc9941]

Thank you so much this video helped me a lot and now my PlayStation runs a lot smoother than before

[@IceWolfAlphaheart7777]

Thank you so much for taking the time to break every thing down and explain it. I really wanted to know what each of these fixes I was looking up would mean and ultimately do to my ps4, and you really cleared some things up for me. I really appreciate it!

[@frankmuratti8865]

Bro dose this work

[@Gnunezx]

@@frankmuratti8865 ye

[@sh1ft804]

Yooo u the only guy that helped me guys this guy is a legend

[@JohnHammer]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear this helped you too

[@GAMEINN-cf8yy]

Well Said👍😎 Easy to follow step by step instructions.📺💻Like new again.

[@perrywilson4148]

Was your ps4 freezing

[@jorius5934]

@@JohnHammer My warzone download was 50gb then a powercut happened and it went back to 19gb does rebuild data help ?

[@cheese-qo3zl]

@@perrywilson4148 mine was

[@scottmulhollen3303]

Can’t thank you enough this video fixed my problem

[@KillsAlot]

PS4: Might take hours My PS4: Took 12 seconds

[@JohnHammer]

That's good it took yours faster!

[@uzairabdul]

@@JohnHammer gggg

[@alextrujillo9553]

Did it take you out of PlayStation network?

[@sul3069]

Mine took 34 seconds :D

[@KillsAlot]

@@alextrujillo9553 👎 nope.

[@noahwunder9354]

Thanks bro it got to the point that it was almost constant freezing but this definitely helped with it

[@ExtremeRy]

Did you lag out of your games all of the time? I’m thinking of rebuilding it again but idk if it will work

[@kebbakeita8252]

Mine freezes as well

[@Somali-Puntite]

@@kebbakeita8252 mine too, strange.

[@tatt2qb236]

Thank you so much for this video on my watch dogs wasn’t working but now it’s fixed

[@nikauhohaia2856]

Omg I just did that and holy did I notice how mutch smoother it ran as soon as it booted up highly recommend 👍🏼

[@TheZacharyMartinShow]

Dude thank you so much. I was having issues connecting to the internet thenit would freeze. Then Itd go into a weird lock mode while turning off. I rebuilt it and hopefully it'll run better

[@JohnHammer]

You're always welcome! I'm so glad to hear that this helped you

[@amnaibrahim1]

@itsmeandreii andrei no of course not are you serioud

[@amnaibrahim1]

Serious

[@ExodusXtinct]

Thank you so much for this! My PS4 Pro wouldn't get passed logo screen and would just go on and off. Thanks to your safe mode tutorial I was able to re download system update (which was apparently corrupted??) And now the system starts up like normal. Now, I'm uploading all of my save data!

[@jalil3192]

To the point and very clear. Thank you so much

[@THATBOICUDDY]

I love this video! To the point no bullshit runaround, I’ll recommend this to anybody with issues ASAP

[@naesreltub224]

Very, very helpful. Some people just know how to explain things.

[@LukeHatchet]

My PlayStation was rapid fire freezing like every 5 minutes after turning on and this fixed it, thank you so much! This was done on a second generation base PS4. (Whole top is matte instead of one side being glossed).

[@Trucklover259]

Same I just want my usb port to work again

[@lb7144]

Thank you so much for this! My external hard drive wouldn’t connect. Followed your instructions and everything came back. I haven’t played my PS4 in probably a year if not more. Thanks again

[@brandonmartin4299]

Bro thank-you so much I've been trying to fix my Playstation for like a week your method is the only one that worked

[@jalight27]

To the point, good info. Thanks 👍

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome!

[@pasonitaafaki6999]

Thank you soooo much man, this helped tremendously

[@moutso2]

Thanks a lot it was very helpful cause I didn't had my games on my library and I finally have them back your video was very helpful keep it up brother!

[@jarvisadams2959]

Thanks for making this video and explaining it the way you did, it was very helpful🙏🏾

[@iEaxy-_-]

Dam bro you we're so helpful i can recognize you that also you analyze the whole situation so well with a lot informations, I was rebuilding my data and on the past so I needed someone to help me what exactly rebuild data I working for and you we're my legend. Just a massive respect to you! Thanks! 👑👑

[@Zm-us8kv]

Thanks buddy,this took 3 minutes.

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome that's great it took so quick Zeina!

[@ppyoroo9621]

Same

[@Juan-_]

You are my favorite person ever Man U saved me so much money can’t tell u how much I appreciate you

[@sanresu6180]

Thank u bro, my purchased games were all missing and i couldn’t download some of them and i wanted to figure out a way to fix my restoring license error and this helped!

[@1022christian]

Thank you so much bro, it worked for me and only took a minute to complete de process

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome!

[@moalmond7834]

@@JohnHammer hey hello their i was wanting to know does it matter if I restored my license before I went into safe mode

[@jito4895]

And yeah, you explained so well, we could hardly make mistakes, thanks again John H you are gifted for theses videos.

[@suzybean13]

Thank you so much, this fixed my extended storage problem

[@tom4848]

This was really useful. Thank you so much!

[@foobart8746]

Thank bud I just did mines ....I just watch your other video about the portable hard drive...Thanks a million...

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome!

[@calebvazquez7344]

What other video

[@NoChillZ]

Thanks buddy that only took 65 seconds ! Appreciated

[@JohnHammer]

Nice! You're welcome!

[@adityanair8707]

@ANTIC did it delete any of your accounts or games or anything?

[@NoChillZ]

@@adityanair8707 no bro nothing no data anything it will just make your ps 4 work faster

[@adityanair8707]

@@NoChillZ thank you so much man cause I got a fortnite account with lots of skins and I was scared I might lose it if I rebuke databes

[@papadawg7373]

@@JohnHammer So after I bought cyberpunk 2077 my system experience a lot of crashing I wasn’t able to play any other game afterwards do you think rebuilding will help that?

[@AustinSmith-ib6gb]

Thanks for explaining every thing in details😮

[@fetchpleasefreckles1059]

Thank you this saved me from going mad this was very helpful 😅

[@buttcheeks6617]

HEY YOURE A FRICKING LEGEND THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR HELPING ME YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome!!! I'm so happy to hear that this helped you too!

[@Alex-pq3dr]

@@JohnHammer is this process deleting any datas?

[@twotone346]

Yo I appreciate you my guy . Not only do you help you also give other problems you may have

[@JohnHammer]

Thank you!

[@jayjackson1200]

@@JohnHammer I did restore to default can you help me cause now all I have is a user1 account

[@thomas8750]

@@jayjackson1200 sign in to your account by adding another account

[@joycceleste6701]

nice! got my games, DLCs and a smooth running ps4 now. thank you so much!.

[@unknown-ex9hv]

Rebuild Database just made my ps4 more laggier thanks your life saver man! And It Even Gave A Error thankkks

[@JulianWavy]

Omg this helped so much!!, Definitely gonna smack that like button for ya 👍🏾

[@elp_oza1717]

Thank you. Finally, my ps4 is smoother. Thanks for the help my man.

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome! I'm so glad this helped you

[@martincortez3590]

Thank you for your video on how rebuild your database.

[@brysonjohnson1679]

Thank you dude! I had some data corrupted on ManEater and I had a good amount of time on that save, now I can get it back, thanks!

[@rowxn21]

Did you have to re download it?

[@hollowbastion5614]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[@JohnHammer]

My pleasure!

[@amradzinovic4086]

why didnt it work for me:(

[@zac12364]

This man is More help than sony itself

[@thisisretropete]

This help me understand an article about how to do but I needed to see it done and understand how and why etc.

[@johnalbert4983]

OMG I WAS SOOOOOOO HAPPY WHEN IT WORKED THX U SOOOO MUCH!!🙏🙏🙏🤯

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

For me, it's the 99+ hour downloads that I had to rebuild the data base. Thanks broski 🤓

[@mlbdajoe5689]

This guy has saved me from breaking many things

[@erictrejo4439]

😂😂😂

[@wolfme8644]

Thank you so much dude! I'm able to resolve my payment issues

[@C0smicr3aper]

It does not "re-format" your drive, because if it did all your data would be gone. Your right about it finding corrupt data and erasing it. All rebuild database does is rebuild your file table index for the content on your systems hard drive and scans the files for abnormalities, which would be corrupted files. It doesn't actually physically move any of the content that you have installed or saved on the drive, unless it's flagged as a corrupted file and deleted. People also seem to think it does the same as a pc defrag, which is not at all true. If it were the process would take way longer.

[@xsavierconcepcion9858]

Would I have to put my info back into my PlayStation or is it just gonna let me in my account normally

[@e_deadeye_z8279]

Thanks for the help, rebuilding my database took 5 minutes. Also when I checked my library it only showed 37 out of my 400 games purchased but they slowly started to populate without having to restore my licenses

[@tiborculina224]

Hey, the same thing happened to me where it says 43 games purchased but I had over 100. Is it supossed to be like that?

[@Chaosphere]

@@tiborculina224 You would have to go to settings a restore your licenses. It may take a few mins but it will restore all your games back

[@lpn_n.o.p.8074]

Thank u, I have the first ever model and I couldn't find a video that work for it

[@katherinemesidor4171]

you help my playstation i love you man

[@unity454]

I had issues on my PS4 slim with slow UI, corrupt data, etc. I got tired of doing the rebuild database. Swapped out HD to SSD. Great results so far.

[@xohigg]

how do I do that ?

[@User89018]

@@xohigg 2 ways to do this you can buy an ssd and connect it externally with usb or install it inside the ps4 and then reinstall everything on the ssd

[@mikeabney2527]

@@ismail41208 you fix the corrupted data just by rebuilding database? Nothing has worked for me. I've had a feeling that it was the playroom or something else that was corrupted. I've totally wiped the whole PlayStation clean by initializing it and I still get corrupted data immediately.

[@austin2245psn]

I had a external hard drive still have issues

[@nu5415]

Thank you so much. After the update 8.50, my system continously froze and would shut down. When I go to turn it back on (even when it doesn't freeze) it always said "checking system storage status". I'd get lucky a few times for it suggest to send a crash report and take me to the home screen. When I had that chance, I backed up all my games on an external hard drive. I was NOT going to take the gamble to intiialize and erase ALL my data because what if the system still had problems after? So i did as instructed in this video to rebuild my data base and my ps4 is working again. So thanks again.

[@toaster7626]

U help me out a lot thanks for the video u just got a new fan

[@conor5129]

Thank you so much bro this saved me a bunch of trouble

[@roni-6337]

Thank you so much you are the best!!

[@drexzy1043]

You help my with my WiFi on PS4 and I’ve been subbed ever since thank

[@JohnHammer]

You're always welcome Drexzy. Thanks again for subbing and enjoy!

[@lskskjwsks]

Can you copy paste the link plzzz😅

[@Z2Z72Z2]

What was your problem with wifi ? My ps4 keeps disconnecting during games.

[@curtisbutterfield8417]

Just got a sub much thanks my PS4 pro just went in safe mode first time ever much thanks

[@comicwearer0364]

Thanks cod vanguard was making my ps4 have a seizure but now it runs fine. I'll give you a sub 😄👊

[@xukzcarminesx1819]

Thank you it’s working great now

[@JohnHammer]

That's great!

[@AnthonyNorat]

Awesome video bud. It was very helpful. My playstation is running smooth again.

[@JohnHammer]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear this was able to help you

[@rtd2232]

Thns that helped a lot did not know about the last feature gg

[@tylerteniente7024]

thanks so much man, had a problem where my ps4 would load the download screen for me to download any of my games that I had purchased, this fixed it

[@dwae5975]

Thank you for this !!!

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome D!

[@philipboyemoe6258]

Dont u loose All ur games

[@pacocuevas7900]

I updated my PS4 and it started freezing and lagging and turning off on its own thank you bro

[@taipangotchu3186]

Having trouble thinking if that’s sarcastic or not

[@Enryu_uyrnE]

@@taipangotchu3186 He said he updated it, not rebuilt it like the guy said. He's saying that when he rebuilt it, it started working so they thanked them.

[@GuerreroDelInfo]

@@Enryu_uyrnE maybe English isn't his first language

[@GuerreroDelInfo]

@@Enryu_uyrnE maybe English isn't his first language

[@cult360]

Thank you bro this wasnt even my ps4 i was so scared thank you!

[@JoshuaLeggans]

My PS4 was lagging and freezing after Update 10.01 and I factory reset and data rebuild and now it runs smooth without causing problems. I can now play my games without any problems let's just hope. Thanks for your tutorial on restoring the PS4 to play right.

[@JoshuaLeggans]

@Amir Haziq Yes seriously nice pic by the way very hystorical

[@sameeragnihotri2501]

All the guys named John on KZbin are helpful

[@niftytheundying]

John wilksbooth

[@gaminglazykid1893]

@Pk Shaz John Glasscock helped me so much that my ps4 is never slow and laggy now and it feels new forever now

[@gaminglazykid1893]

@Pk Shaz its hard to explain but, you have to turn of the ps4 then unplug it then wait 30 sec then plug back in then hold the ps4 button on ps4 then wait till you hear the beep then when you hear 2nd beep, you let go of the button and then you do what it says then pick the rebuild database one then wait for it to be done 😊

[@rth1zzellejr00]

Very informative

[@JohnHammer]

Thank you so much!

[@martinvasilev4181]

You saved my life Bro thank you so much😅❤️

[@Chiefskingdom31]

Thank you so much I fixed it your video was helpful 😊

[@nightvisoner2853]

Thanks my brudda I’ll sub

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome. Thanks for the sub

[@Mxstxfaa]

Great vid ‼💯

[@JohnHammer]

Thank you!

[@GR47]

Your my favourite and the best ps4 youtuber ever

[@2stonedgera]

Broo real talk you just helped me sooo much

[@okonye2046]

God bless you man😭 Helped me so much

[@JohnHammer]

Good!!! I'm so glad this helped you!!

[@giddionsolorio2398]

Thankyou for this, helped a lot.

[@killergamerrrstr4671]

I was getting kicked out of warzone games five minutes into the game

[@JohnHammer]

I'm glad this helped! You're welcome

[@dghhgd3676]

@@killergamerrrstr4671 same

[@Jake-sz1ik]

Thanks bro this vid acc helped me so much appreciate u bro just followed thanks a lot bro

[@andreazubekova3733]

Thank you for this video, you saved my son's Fifa 23.😊😊😊

[@lalo9241]

thank you i really got scared thinking i had to wipe out everything

[@JohnHammer]

You're welcome

[@scientificgamerzoffical8679]

I was also thinking first but it is not

[@2funkz4gallo95]

@@NinaIseri i lost all my videos and pictures 💔cuz of an update

[@jenjoe4359]

@@2funkz4gallo95 Oof, I hope that was all that was deleted

[@jorius5934]

@@JohnHammer My warzone download was 50gb then a powercut happened and it went back to 19gb does rebuild data help ?

[@codenamekng]

Thank you so much, the only thing is all of my video clips are gone