On PS5, games once installed are stored in the game library.
Often, when you install free software through PlayStation Plus or other means, the capacity quickly fills up and you have to delete games you have installed in the past.
After a long period of use, the capacity of not only games but also saved data and data stored in the media gallery can increase considerably.
With PS5, if you subscribe to PS Plus, you can play supported PS4 games for free, so you will probably want to install a lot of software.
Since there is no limit to the number of games you can install, you can download as many games as your storage space allows, and before you know it, your storage space will be full.
It is a good idea to check your storage regularly.
If you do not want to delete the games and saved data you have installed, you can move them to external storage.
In this article, we will introduce the procedure for deleting games installed on the PS5's internal storage.
Procedure for deleting games installed on PS5
1) Go to the "Game Library" from the PS5 home screen.
2) With the game you wish to delete selected, press the Options button.
3) Select "Delete" → Select "OK".
This will delete the game.
Depending on the game, the deletion will take only a few seconds and will not take much time.
Deleted games will remain in "Your Collection" as history, so you can start downloading them again.
Deleting saved data and galleries
You can also delete game software directly from your storage.
You can also free up space by deleting media galleries and saved data.
You can "Delete" by selecting Settings → Storage → Main Unit Storage → Media Gallery → Stored Videos and clicking the Options button.
Images and videos stored in the Media Gallery can also be copied to a USB drive, which can be used to save space.
PS5's capacity is surprisingly small.
Although the PS5 has a built-in 1TB hard drive, the actual storage available to users is about 660GB.
Since most of the PS5's game software is over 50 GB, installing about 10 games will quickly fill the capacity.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War has over 130 GB, which shows that the PS5 has surprisingly little capacity.
Therefore, controlling storage is almost mandatory.