"You're running low on disk space"

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I just tried to install the new update and I keep getting the You're running low on disk space message. I had 13GB of storage free, is there not a better way for EA to run these updates?

I spent the last hour deleting everything from my laptop and it is still not nearly enough to install the update. It gets to 80% and then stops.

The whole game is already taking up 75GB of space on my laptop, and it needs 17GB more for the update? I don't understand.

Is there any solution for this? Please help me. 🙏🏼

PS I've been having this issue for almost every update in the last year and honestly it's getting tiring. Is there someplace I could send a complaint for it to actually mean anything? I see others have been having this issue too and nothing seems to help.

puzzlezaddict · Answer

iamnika10​&nbsp; Repair the game (EA App &gt; Sims 4 &gt; Manage &gt; Repair) instead.&nbsp; This will give you the updated version while requiring less space set aside.
Longer-term though, having only 13 GB free on your drive isn't good for performance or for the overall health of your computer.&nbsp; The system uses some of this space for swapping data in and out of RAM under heavier loads, but that's only possible whenthere's enough space in the first place.&nbsp; And installing a new OS version requires more space than that as well.&nbsp; So it might be time to invest in a quality (and fast) external drive and move some applications there instead, perhaps including Sims 4.

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