---
id: freeing-space.how-do-i-open-emergency-space
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/how-do-i-open-emergency-space
category: "Freeing up space"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["emergency space", "navigation", "notifications"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-is-emergency-space", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-red-badge-next-to-the-bell"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Where do I find Emergency Space?

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

- **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

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](https://storagestudio.us/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-red-badge-next-to-the-bell).