3 Solutions to Fix Fire TV Storage Full Problem

Amazon Fire TV is one of the most popular smart TVs in the United States, not only because of its high quality display, but also because it provides a great amount of streaming services. According to statistics, Amazon Fire TV supports over 20 thousand TV apps, which brings unlimited fun to every user.

Theoretically, you can enjoy every supported app on Fire TV, but in practice, the storage of Fire TV is limited. The official spec shows that a Fire Stick has only 8GB of storage. As a result, you might experience a “Fire TV storage full” circumstance.

It’s not the main problem that you couldn’t install more apps, the real problem is, your Fire TV will continuously pop up a “Low on Storage” notice, which is very annoying. So how to fix Amazon Fire TV critically low on storage? Here are 3 solutions for you to try.

Fix 1. Clear Cache of Apps

When an app is running, it loads sources and content, and most of them will be stored in cache storage, so it doesn’t have to load those sources and content every time you use it. However, when an app loads too many things into cache storage, it will be full and you have to clear the cache.

Follow these steps to clear cache and release more storage.

Step 1. Go to the Settings page on your Fire TV by moving the cursor to the gear icon and hit enter.

Step 2. Move the cursor to the Applications icon and hit enter.

Step 3. Select Manage Installed Applications and choose the one you want to clear cache.

Step 4. Click Clear cache.

Fix 2. Restart Fire TV

Restarting your Fire TV often solves more problems than meets the eyes, and to be noticed that, simply turning off the TV isn’t true restarting. To fully restart Fire TV, you should follow these steps.

Step 1. Turn off your Fire TV with the remote.

Step 2. Unplug your Fire Stick if you are using one.

Step 3. Unplug the power cord of your Fire TV.

Step 4. Wait at least 30 seconds and re-plug your Fire TV or Fire Stick.

Step 5. Turn on your Fire TV.

Fix 3. Factory Reset Fire TV

When both cache clearing and restarting refuse to work, now you should consider to factory reset your Fire TV. Caching problems or storage problems are sometimes caused by software failure, so you are going to reset every software setting to the factory default and then your problem will be solved.

Step 1. Go to the Settings page by moving the cursor to the gear icon and click enter.

Step 2. Click My Fire TV.

Step 3. Choose Reset to Factory Defaults.

Step 4. Choose Reset.

How to Fix Fire TV Storage Full without Remote?

There is a chance you have lost your Fire TV remote already and you couldn’t clear cache or factory reset the TV, worry not and here comes the solution. You can download a remote control app on your smart phone, pair it with your Fire TV, and then you are able to use it like a physical remote.

In this section, I recommend the Remote for Fire TV by BoostVision, for the sake of stability and accessibility. After downloading and installing it, you are ready to pair it with your Fire TV.

Step 1. Click the connection button in the upper right corner.

Step 2. Choose the Fire TV you want to pair with and click the Connect button, and if you want a once-and-for-all setting, turn on the auto-connect switch.

Step 3. Enter the PIN code that pops up on your Fire TV, and then the connection will be established automatically.

After the connection between your smart phone and your Fire TV, you can use your phone as a remote controller to clear cache of apps, restart your Fire TV and factory reset your Fire TV. For more information and features about this app, you can go to the Comprehensive Review of Fire TV Remote App.

Conclusion

The answer to how to fix Amazon Fire TV critically low on storage is now obvious. First, you should try to clear cache or apps, but if you are stuck on the popped up warning, you can restart your TV and try again. If the problem is caused by software failure, go ahead and reset your Fire TV to factory default, this way will refresh your Fire TV and leave no problems.

Fire TV Storage Full FAQ

Q: How do I free up space on my Fire TV?

To free up space on Fire TV, you need to clear cache on the app that takes most space.

Step 1. Go to Settings page, select Applications.

Step 2. Into the Manage Installed Applications, choose the app that you want to clear caches.

Step 3. Select Clear Cache.

Q: What is clear cache on Fire TV?

Cache is the source that is previously loaded into memory so that users can instantly access a function. When there are too many caches, the system will lack memory, and that is the reason for clearing the cache. The same as Fire TV, when TV apps have loaded too many sources, the memory will be not enough to load anything else, then you should clear cache on Fire TV.