How to Fix Fortnite Insufficient Storage With Effective Ways

Fortnite Won’t Run Optimally Due to Insufficient Storage Space

Fortnite is an online video game and gaming platform developed by Epic Games with multiple game mode versions. Since its release, Fortnite has been popular among game users due to its good gaming experience. However, many users have recently been reporting errors of not being able to run optimally due to insufficient storage space.

This post focuses on this problem and explains how to fix the issue or bypass this error message.

How to Fix Fortnite Insufficient Storage

Fix 1. Press the Confirm Button Multiple Times

According to user experience, the Fortnite insufficient storage error may still occur when there are large amounts of disk space. If you are in this situation, you can try to press the CONFIRM button many times when you see the error message until the game works perfectly. This works for lots of users.

Fix 2. Make Sure Fortnite Is Installed on the Correct Drive

If there are multiple drives on your computer with different storage spaces, you should consider if Fortnite is installed in the correct drive that has sufficient space. If not, you can try to move Fortnite to another drive.

Fix 3. Free up Disk Space

Fortnite takes up at least 20+ GB of storage space by default. Additionally, as more and more game updates are released, the file size continues to grow, taking up more disk space. If you receive the Fortnite insufficient storage error, you can take some measures to free up disk space.

You can complete this task by uninstalling unwanted programs, deleting unnecessary files, running the Disk Cleanup utility, moving files to another drive, etc.

Once you get more space on the drive where Fortnite is installed, you can check if the issue has been resolved.

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Fix 4. Upgrade to a Larger Disk

If your computer is running out of disk space overall, you may consider upgrading to a larger disk for a smooth gaming experience. Suppose you use HDD, you can choose a larger HDD, or go for an SSD, which can give you a better gaming experience due to its fast writing and reading speeds.

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Fix 5. Update Drivers

Based on user experience, updating device drivers to the latest versions is an effective solution to the Fortnite insufficient storage issue. You can update system drivers, disk drivers, graphics drivers, etc. from Device Manager.

First, right-click the Windows logo button and select Device Manager.

Second, expand the target device such as Disk drives, then right-click on the corresponding device and choose Update driver.

Third, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the necessary actions.

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Final Words

In a word, this article aims to show you how to fix Fortnite insufficient storage on Windows by freezing up disk space, upgrading the disk, and updating drivers.

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