While Chrome OS is hailed as a simple and easy-to-use OS, and that is true, sometimes you can’t understand where to find the most basic information. For example, there is no specification sheet or system info viewer that allows you to check storage space on your Chromebook. There are other methods, but those are needlessly roundabout ways. Nevertheless, in this article, we have detailed multiple methods to check the remaining storage space on Chromebook along with current free space. In case you are looking to free up storage on Chromebook, we have a separate article for that. So on that note, let’s jump right in.
Expand the table below to see all of the methods you can use to check the storage space on your Chromebook. We have included both native, as well as third-party apps, that you can use to check storage space on Chrome OS:
- Using Native Files App
- Check Storage Space using Chrome URL
- Use Third-Party App to Check Storage Space
Using Native Files App
- The easiest way to check storage space on Chromebook is using the Files app. Once you open the Files app, click on the 3-dot menu on the top-right corner, and it will display the remaining storage space on your Chromebook at the very bottom.
Alternatively, you can open one of the hidden Chrome URLs to check the remaining or free storage space. Copy and paste chrome://quota-internals in Chrome and hit enter. Here, you will see the “Free disk space for the profile directory” section, which is the current storage space left on your Chromebook.
Finally, you can install the Cog app (Free) to find the total storage space of your Chromebook. After the installation, scroll down, and you will find the “External Storage” section. That’s the total storage space available on your Chrome OS device. Strangely, the Cog app shows 59GB total space on my Chromebook, but in reality, it has 64GB internal storage. It may be because the app hasn’t received an update since 2018.
