Chrome is known for its resource-intensive behavior. That said, you should not be expecting much performance, especially when you are using less than 8GB of RAM on your PC. That’s common, and there are ways to limit the usage of RAM in Chrome. But what about storage, how can you make your Google Chrome browser use less disk space? Well, some people have reported this problem. So in this article, we will be explaining how you can reduce the disk usage of your Google Chrome browser and how you can remove some temporary files to gain some storage.
Method 1: Clear caches and cookies
The first and foremost step in reducing Chrome’s storage usage is to clear all caches and cookies. This should also increase your browsing speed by a bit.
- Open Chrome browser.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Del keys.
- Now another window will open with a prompt to clear browsing history.
- Select the time range and change it to “All time,” and click on Clear now.
- Wait for the process to complete.
Method 2: Clear redundant app data of Google Chrome
Chrome stores some cache data in the user’s AppData folder. Although, when you perform the steps in the above-mentioned paragraph, some cache files may not be cleared. So you can try to manually delete them.
- Press the Windows key and R key at the same time to open the Run box.
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Type in the following text onto it.
%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
- Now try to delete all of them.
Method 3: Remove unwanted Extensions
If you have plenty of extensions, not only do they use more RAM but also use more storage. For instance, if you use the offline google docs viewer extension, then it will start to store your document files locally, which will consume some storage. So it is a better idea to remove any extensions if you no longer use them.
- Open the Chrome browser.
- In the address bar, type in the following address and hit enter.
Chrome://Extensions
- Now from the list of extensions you have installed, you can remove the ones that you no longer need.
