How to Increase BlueStacks Storage?

To increase BlueStacks storage, you can update BlueStacks and create a new instance to get 128 GB of storage on a specific instance, or perform a fresh installation to get 128 GB of storage on all instances, and you can also free up space by deleting unnecessary files and data. Additionally, you can change the location where BlueStacks files are stored to manage disk space better, for example, by choosing a different drive for storing BlueStacks files if your C: drive is running low on space.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

General Questions

1. How do I get more storage?: Update BlueStacks and create a new instance to get 128 GB of storage on a specific instance, or perform a fresh installation to get 128 GB of storage on all instances.
2. How do I increase the size of BlueStacks?: Launch BlueStacks 5 and click on the gear icon on the home screen to access the “Settings” menu, then navigate to the “Display” tab and select the percentage according to your preference.
3. How do I fix BlueStacks not enough space?: Use the Disk Cleanup feature located in the BlueStacks settings menu, which you can access via the gear icon in the top right, then click on “Free up space” to run the tool.

Storage and Performance

4. How much space does BlueStacks 5 take?: BlueStacks App Player 5 has minimum requirements of Windows 7 or higher, 4 GB of RAM, 5 GB of disk space, and an Intel or AMD processor.
5. Where is BlueStacks internal storage?: BlueStacks stores the sd card as a kind of virtual image disk, on Windows it’s at C:Program DataBlueStacksAndroidSDCard.
6. Can you move BlueStacks to another drive?: Yes, if BlueStacks 5 is already installed on your desktop/laptop, you can still change the location where its files are stored to manage disk space better.

Technical Questions

7. How do I add more storage to BlueStacks 5?: Update BlueStacks and create a new instance to get 128 GB of storage on a specific instance, or perform a fresh installation to get 128 GB of storage on all instances.
8. Does BlueStacks take a lot of storage?: The Bluestacks web site indicates that minimum free space is 8 GB but recommended free space is 32 GB.
9. How many GB does BlueStacks need?: You’ll need at least 5 GB free storage space, but allow more room for any games or applications that you download through Bluestacks.

Troubleshooting

10. Why does BlueStacks run so badly?: If there are too many third-party programs consuming the CPU and memory resource, you may encounter the BlueStacks lag issue, to speed up BlueStacks, close the non-essential programs in Task Manager.
11. How can I run BlueStacks 5 smoothly with 4GB RAM?: Lower the resolution and graphics settings in the Bluestacks settings, and set the CPU and GPU utilization to “balanced” mode.
12. Does BlueStacks use graphics card?: Yes, GPU in use: Enable the use of a dedicated GPU for BlueStacks if you have a dedicated graphics card installed.

User Data and Files

13. Where are BlueStacks downloaded files stored?: There is a shared folder between BlueStacks and Windows: BlueStacks: /sdcard/windows/BstSharedFolder, and Windows: /UserData/SharedFolder.
14. How can I free hard drive space after uninstalling an app from BlueStacks?: On your BlueStacks 5 home screen, click on the gear icon to access the “Settings” menu, navigate to the “User data” tab and click on “Free up space” under the “Disk cleanup” section.
15. Can BlueStacks be installed on D drive?: Yes, if BlueStacks 5 is installed in a custom location, such as in “D drive“, then the location of the ProgramData (UserData) folder changes as well, and all the user-specific data will be stored in the selected location for installing BlueStacks 5.