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Kongsun
Kongsun

Reputation: 192

why does android emulator are keep increasing "Size on Disk"?

I wonder why my emulator keep increasing its size on disk. Otherwise it running slower than first time. Is there any solution? I don't want my emulator to save its state too. How to do this?

It's now 14GB

Upvotes: 9

Views: 9237

Answers (2)

Gergo
Gergo

Reputation: 135

You might have set up big emulator storage and SDcard. When the storage is initially empty it does not take space. When you write data on the storage it starts taking also space on the real disk. From my small experience- it can only grow unless you perform manual cleanup. Same happens also with other virtualizations.

The good news is that it will grow to a certain size and not infinitely.

Check "Show on disk" from the AVD Manager to see which files are largest. Size on disk is not same as the virtual size shown in AWD.

Some of my VMs show 9 GB in AVD but only 3 GB in Explorer.

Upvotes: 1

Naz
Naz

Reputation: 39

I found that deleting the test apps from the emulator phone from Settings > Storage > Free Up Space to resolve the issue for me.

Upvotes: 2

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