Published 10:20 IST, May 26th 2020

How to get more space on Xbox One without having to delete your favourite games?

A stock Xbox One console comes with limited storage capacity; however, it can be expanded. Learn how to get more space on Xbox One without deleting a game.

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Xbox One consoles are shipped with a stor capacity of 500 GB, which might sound sufficient but with game sizes going up to 50 GB and beyond, it is likely that users will run out of hard drive sooner rar than later.

Gamers who have a massive game library must be wondering what happens when y nearly exhaust hard drive stor on ir Xbox One console. This is because deleting your favourite game titles to free up some is just t fun. So let us take a look at how you can expand hard drive stor on your console and, thus, your game library.

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*To check current hard drive on your Xbox One console, you need to go to ‘My Games & Apps’ from home screen. On left side of screen, you will get details of stor available on internal hard drive.

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How to get more on Xbox One?

One of easiest ways to expand your Xbox One memory is to add an external hard drive. This method is approved by Microsoft and helps you add extra stor to your Xbox One console. Setting up an external hard drive also means that you never have to delete your old game titles to enjoy new ones.

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Before you set up an external hard drive on your Xbox One, make sure that it fulfills following requirements:

  • external hard drive must have a minimum capacity of 256 GB
  • It does t have any important files (data will be deleted)
  • It supports USB 3.0

Once you have an external hard drive and you have taken a back up of all important data, you simply need to plug it into USB port available on your Xbox One. gaming console comes with three USB ports (one on side and two on back).

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After connecting external disk, system may take a moment to recognise device. You will soon be prompted with a window asking if you wish to set up external stor on your Xbox. You need to click on 'Format stor device' option, and your Xbox console will take care of rest.

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In future, if you somehow man to burn through all that extra on external hard drive, you can always connect ar external hard drive for even more stor.

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10:20 IST, May 26th 2020