{"id":"freeing-space.what-is-the-free-up-space-progress-sheet","url":"/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-free-up-space-progress-sheet","category":{"id":"freeing-space","title":"Freeing up space"},"subcategory":{"id":"free-up-space-wizard","title":"Free Up Space wizard and button"},"question":"What does the Free Up Space progress sheet show while it runs?","alt_questions":["Free Up Space view live progress","Streaming progress Free Up Space","What is Free Up Space doing right now?","Free Up Space log while running","Live progress popover"],"short_answer":"It streams the run as it happens — the step, folders being moved and caches being cleaned. Open it from Free Up Space — view live progress; closing it doesn't stop the run.","answer_markdown":"It streams what the run is doing as it happens: which step it's on, the folders being moved to your fast drive and the caches being cleaned, so you can follow along. Open it by clicking **Free Up Space — view live progress** in the popover while a run is going.\n\nYou don't have to keep it open — close it and the run continues. When it finishes, the popover shows a coloured result banner summarising what was freed. See [what the result banner means](/faq/freeing-space/what-does-the-free-up-space-result-banner-mean).","answer_html":"

It streams what the run is doing as it happens: which step it's on, the folders being moved to your fast drive and the caches being cleaned, so you can follow along. Open it by clicking Free Up Space — view live progress in the popover while a run is going.

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You don't have to keep it open — close it and the run continues. When it finishes, the popover shows a coloured result banner summarising what was freed. See what the result banner means.

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Freeing up space · Free Up Space wizard and button

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What does the Free Up Space progress sheet show while it runs?

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Short answer: It streams the run as it happens — the step, folders being moved and caches being cleaned. Open it from Free Up Space — view live progress; closing it doesn't stop the run.

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It streams what the run is doing as it happens: which step it's on, the folders being moved to your fast drive and the caches being cleaned, so you can follow along. Open it by clicking Free Up Space — view live progress in the popover while a run is going.

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You don't have to keep it open — close it and the run continues. When it finishes, the popover shows a coloured result banner summarising what was freed. See what the result banner means.

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