{"id":"freeing-space.how-do-i-open-emergency-space","url":"/faq/freeing-space/how-do-i-open-emergency-space","category":{"id":"freeing-space","title":"Freeing up space"},"subcategory":{"id":"emergency-space","title":"Emergency Space"},"question":"Where do I find Emergency Space?","alt_questions":["How do I open Emergency Space?","Emergency Space menu","Low space notification button","Home screen banner disk nearly full","Emergency Space shortcut"],"short_answer":"From More → Emergency Space, the red badge beside the bell on Home, the button on a low-space notification, or the Home banner when your drive is nearly full. It's never behind a licence prompt.","answer_markdown":"It's deliberately reachable from several places, because a screen you can't find when you need it is no use:\n\n- **More ••• → Emergency Space…**\n- the small **red alert badge** beside the notification bell on the Home screen\n- the button on a **low-space notification**\n- the **banner** on the Home screen when your built-in drive is nearly full\n\nIt's never behind a licence prompt — a paywall in front of a full disk is the worst possible moment for one. See [the red badge](/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-red-badge-next-to-the-bell).","answer_html":"

It's deliberately reachable from several places, because a screen you can't find when you need it is no use:

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It's never behind a licence prompt — a paywall in front of a full disk is the worst possible moment for one. See the red badge.

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Freeing up space · Emergency Space

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Where do I find Emergency Space?

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Short answer: From More → Emergency Space, the red badge beside the bell on Home, the button on a low-space notification, or the Home banner when your drive is nearly full. It's never behind a licence prompt.

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It's deliberately reachable from several places, because a screen you can't find when you need it is no use:

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  • More ••• → Emergency Space…
  • the small red alert badge beside the notification bell on the Home screen
  • the button on a low-space notification
  • the banner on the Home screen when your built-in drive is nearly full
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It's never behind a licence prompt — a paywall in front of a full disk is the worst possible moment for one. See the red badge.

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