INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE 🤖 Android

INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]

The device or emulator doesn’t have enough free internal storage to install the APK.

Seen on: Android

Meaning

Emulators are created with small /data partitions (often 2–6 GB) that fill up with old builds and caches. Real devices hit it with large apps or when storage is nearly full.

Common causes

  • Emulator data partition too small or full
  • Old versions/other apps filling storage
  • Very large APK/AAB with big assets

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Wipe the emulator data or increase its internal storage in Device Manager
  2. Uninstall old builds: adb uninstall com.example.app
  3. Free space on the device

Detailed fix by platform

ADB

  1. kotlin
    adb shell df -h /data
adb uninstall com.example.app
adb shell pm trim-caches 999G

How to diagnose

  1. Space — df on /data
  2. Emulator — Internal storage size in AVD settings

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