New Xbox Insider Update Aims To Help 'Free Up' Storage Space

Would be worthwhile if the reserved space for games could be deleted en mass, or automated for games that haven't been played in say > 1 month/week
Ridiculous amount of space is taken up by old games' reserved space, either on the internal drives or external ones

Accidental shadow copies or other content that is effectively 'hidden' waste is a good thing for Microsoft to go after. Most device cleaners have an option already to highlight when you have two or more copies of the exact same file(s). For the Free Up Space option to now go 'Ahem, I think that your space problems might be due to that errant excess copy of Call Of Duty', that's really useful.

"Rather than simply displaying leftover add-ons and shrinkable games, we will now also include recommendations like removing duplicate copies or games you no longer have access to"

Yes, this is most welcome. I reached the point where I have to uninstall games on a weekly basis due to space shortage. And no, I'm really not willing to encourage Microsoft's (expensive) approach to expanding SSD storage.

They'll need these sort of systems in place for when the 2027 handheld come about. I'm all for it. I'm always a little on the low side.

People must keep a lot more installed than I do.

This is good news duplicate game download are a headache and an easy mistake to make well for me at least 🤷

I’ve accidentally created duplicate copies of games over multiple drives (somehow) so this will be a handy feature to have.

Store your Xbox games on your PlayStation 😂

I am not uninstalling my old Xbox games in case they get removed. Maybe I should buy an external hard drive for them hmmm

@Kaloudz having SD storage could help so you get just swap out the games quickly for those you don't by want on SSD

@Kilamanjaro Interesting idea. You think it will come with two storage formats? SSD and (is it called) Smart Storage? The Series S storage? Assuming they use that same system next gen.

@x3King84 honestly a pretty good comment - made me chuckle!

@Kramlar thank you! It’s genuinely tongue in cheek and glad it’s taken that way! 😂

You know what would also save space? Being able to select screenshot resolution. I don't need every one to be 4k.

@Kaloudz I think for a handheld it makes sense. A majority of games that run well on native hardware tend to be lower powered & do well on SD cards, like platformers or simpler RPGs. I imagine you'd want your more powerful games on the SSD. So kind of like 360 games on an HDD vs Current Gen games on your SSD

It really needed an update to let me know that I can deinstall games😅

@Ricky-Spanish @themightyant I'm with you man. Also the amount of times games update and reinstall the old gen version as well as the new gen version gets right on my nerves.