Working with Device Storage

When you schedule content, it is downloaded by the device and cached until its scheduled time. Content downloaded to a device contributes to the amount of "used space". Devices perform best when using less than 50% of their available hard drive storage.

Reviewing Device Storage

To review current storage capacities:

1. Click "Devices" in the left sidebar to see your list of devices.
2. Click on the target device to launch the device drawer.
3. Click the "Advanced Settings" button, located in the top right of the device drawer.
4. Scroll down to the 'Storage' section.
5. To review active downloads and recently completed downloads, click the icons next to the reported 'Used space'.

Automating Storage Cleanup

You can automate storage cleanup to keep your device running at peak performance. By default, devices have a target storage threshold of 50% and a maximum threshold of 70%. This means that once a device reaches 70% of its used space, it will begin to automatically delete files from its hard drive, starting with the oldest files first, until it reaches the target threshold.

To define storage thresholds for automatic cleanup:

1. Click "Devices" in the left sidebar to see your list of devices.
2. Click on the target device to launch the device drawer.
3. Click the "Advanced Settings" button, located in the top right of the device drawer.
4. Scroll down to the 'Storage' section.
   1. To modify when the device begins deleting files, click into the ‘Max. threshold’ field and type in a new value.
   2. To modify when the device stops deleting files, click into the ‘Target threshold’ field and type in a new value.

Resetting Storage Thresholds

To reset storage thresholds to default:

1. Click "Devices" in the left sidebar to see your list of devices.
2. Click on the target device to launch the device drawer.
3. Click the "Advanced Settings" button, located in the top right of the device drawer.
4. Scroll down to the 'Storage' section.
5. Click the "Set to default" button, located in the lower right corner of the 'Storage' section.

Manually Cleaning Up Storage

Aside from automatic cleanup, you can also manually cleanup your device storage. 

1. Click "Devices" in the left sidebar to see your list of devices.
2. Click on the target device to launch the device drawer.
3. Click the "Advanced Settings" button, located in the top right of the device drawer.
4. Scroll down to the 'Storage' section.
5. Click the icon to open the storage drawer.
6. Click on "Device storage".
7. Click on "sd1" to open the primary storage folder.
8. Continue opening folders until you locate the target file for deletion.
9. Click on the target file to select it.
10. Click the "Delete" button in the lower right corner of the storage drawer.
11. Click "Delete" again to confirm.
12. Click anywhere outside the drawer to close it.