[Solved-3 Solutions] Insufficient storage available while updating Chrome via Google play
Error Description:
- At some point, most android users will encounter the “insufficient storage available” error while updating their apps through Google Store. This error appears while updating or installing some apps in the Google Play Store.
- An obvious reason for this error is if you don’t have enough internal space in your Android.
- Some Android devices or OS have low internal storage allocated for system files. The internal storage itself is divided into two spaces. One for the app’s system files another for data files. Also, your OS may require a minimum free space of about 250 mb. So, if your system space is less than that, you will get the “insufficient storage available” error each time you try to install new apps.
The solution in this case is to go to System settings>>Apps>>All app and then manually click each app you have downloaded or installed and then choose the “move to SD” option. Some apps cannot be moved to SD. In this case, you will have to either uninstall some apps or root your device and install the Link2SD app which will allow you to move any app from system memory to SD card.
Solution 1:
Clear data and cache:
- Go to Settings->apps.
- Select Chrome (or any app you want to update/install) and click on clear Data and Clear Cache.
- Apply the update/install via Google Play Store
- If still doesn’t work, uninstall the app and reinstall from Google Play Store
Solution 2:
Deleting .odex file
- Sometimes the insufficient space error might be because of .odex files.
- To solve this issue, first uninstall previous version of the app. Then use root explorer or file explorer to access your Android’s internal storage or SD card.
- From there, open “Data” folder->open “app” folder->browse and select the respective. odex file of the app you are trying to install/update. Now reinstall or update the app via Google Play Store.
Solution 3:
- Go into your file manager
- At the base folder you should see the internal files on your phone, you shouldn’t be in your SD card or internal SD card. Click on the folder labeled Data
- After you’re in the data folder click on the app-lib folder
- Once in this folder scroll down to whatever app folder your trying to update or install most likely it was once on your phone before and delete it.
- That’s it, go download your app!