How to Add More Storage to an Amazon Fire TV Stick
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ll show you how to bulk up the storage on Amazon’s streaming device.
Have you ever been enjoying your favorite TV show or movie on your Amazon Fire TV Stick, only to be interrupted by an error message? If your Fire TV tells you that you don’t have enough internal storage, you can add some by connecting a USB drive. We’ll show you what you need, and the steps you’ll take to fix the problem.
What’s the Problem?
There are a few different Fire TV versions. They sometimes have issues you can troubleshoot, but as far as storage space, they only have about 6 GB to work with. If you have lots of apps on your Fire TV, for example, Hulu, Netflix, or Tubi, you might run low on storage space. Even if you have a brand-new Fire TV Stick, you may see the error message if your Amazon account has migrated your apps from a previous Fire TV Stick.
You have a few options to fix the problem. You can free up space by removing or clearing the cache of installed apps, or you can connect a USB drive to your Fire TV. Connecting a USB drive may not be as easy as it sounds, because an Amazon Fire TV Stick doesn’t include an external USB port.
How to Add More Storage to a Fire TV Stick
To add more storage, you first need to purchase a few items if you don’t already own them. You’ll need an On The Go (OTG) cable 2-pack and a USB drive. Amazon recommends USB 3.0 and no more than 128 GB of storage space.
The OTG cable includes a dongle USB-A port that connects to your Fire TV power supply. Once you have the cable, follow these steps:
- Unplug your Fire TV Stick from the power outlet.
- Plug your OTG cable into your Fire TV Stick.
- Plug your Fire TV power cable into the micro USB port on the OTG cable.
- Plug your USB drive into the USB port on the OTG cable.
- Plug your Fire TV Stick back into the power outlet.
Depending on the Fire TV version you have, you may see a message indicating the storage space and applications are being optimized. This can take around ten minutes.
Fire TV Internal or External Storage
You can set your Fire TV to integrate the USB drive as internal storage. Doing so can add storage, eliminate error messages, and increase performance. If you’d prefer to keep the existing data on your USB drive, leave the default setting as external storage. This way, you could download movies to the USB drive, and watch them on different devices including your Fire TV, computers, etc.
Here’s how to set your USB drive as internal storage:
- Hold in your Fire TV remote home button until you see the utility menu.
- Navigate to Settings.
- Navigate to My Fire TV.
- Navigate to USB Drive.
- Navigate to Format to Internal Storage (this will wipe out any existing data on the drive, so copy it over to another drive if you want to keep it).
You’ll see Formatting USB Drive for a few minutes.
Workarounds to the Problem
Instead of installing an external drive, you can try uninstalling individual apps on your Fire TV device to clear up space. If you don’t want to remove them, you can also clear the data and cache on individual apps. These steps may require a bit of time, and they may not solve the problem as well as adding more storage.
To clear up space on individual apps:
- Hold the home button down on your Fire TV remote until you see the settings menu.
- Navigate to Settings.
- Navigate to Applications.
- Scroll down to Manage Installed Applications.
- Scroll down to the app you want to work on, and select Uninstall, Clear data, or Clear cache.
- Confirm the choice you’ve made and move on to the next app.
Another workaround would be to factory reset your Fire TV Stick:
- Hold the home button down on your Fire TV Stick remote until you see the settings menu.
- Navigate to Settings.
- Navigate to My Fire TV.
- Navigate to Reset to Factory Defaults.
Don’t Let an Error Message Interrupt Your Favorite Show
Adding more storage to your Amazon Fire TV is straightforward, although it requires a few steps, and a small investment in some hardware. It may be well worth the effort because you don’t want any interruptions when watching your favorite TV show or movie.
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