Chromebooks are an affordable laptop that runs on the Google Cloud-based ChromeOS.
This laptop is intended for students and professionals who do not need to do upscale computing tasks.
One concern or challenge owned by many users with Chromebook is that ChromeOS is a cloud-based operating system depending on the cloud storage.
It is true to a certain extent, but this does not mean that there is no onboard storage on Chromebooks.
Chromebooks does have local storage that serves as a laptop or storage of other smartphones and can be used to download files, documents, and other things locally but yes it is limited and there are things you need to remember when using it when using it.
To start with, Chromebook has limited local storage.
Most Chromebooks come with 64GB onboard storage space.
This, some are taken by the operating system and other system files.
Also, storage management is not organized as on other platforms.
This makes it important to manage it properly.
So, here’s all you need to know about saving files and data locally on Chromebooks.
Local storage on Chromebooks: The most important thing to remember is mentioned, onboard storage space on Chromebook can be used to store files, folders, photos, videos or practical you want.
However, local storage on the Chromebook is managed by the operating system and automatically starts removing things, especially from the download folder if the storage space approaches the 80% mark.
So, while you can save things locally on your Chromebook, you can’t leave it there.
You need to make sure that you move files to cloud storage or other storage services to make sure they are not deleted.
Local storage is completely deleted if it happens’ Powerwash’powerwash is a term used by ChromeOS for hard resets or factory resets.
It is important to understand that there is no option in ChromeOS to reset the laptop without wiping all data, such as Windows or MacOS.
So, after the ‘Powerwashed’ device, the data stored in local storage will be lost forever.
Chromeos does not have the Recycle Bin or Trashwe all know about recycle bin in Windows and garbage in MacOS.
For those who live under rock, the Recycle Bin is a folder where all deleted files are saved and allow users to recover it if something is deleted accidentally.
But, Chromeos has no such thing.
So, after the file is removed, there will be no way to restore it.
Expand storage using SD cardchromeos also supports external storage devices such as hard drives, drives pens, network storage and SD cards.
But, if you want to expand the storage space on the Chromebook, the SD card is your best bet.
That’s because you can insert an SD card and let it be there permanently and use it as a separate drive like we did with a Windows laptop.
In the case of pen drive or hard drive, it is impossible to let it connect to USB all the time.
Now, another benefit of using an external storage device is that ChromeOS allows users to directly save application data into the SD card.
This means you can directly download the file, document or even set the OTT application to download the movie and show it into the SD card drive instead of your local storage.
You can also change the default storage for Chrome to download everything on the SD card directly.
Explanation: How local storage works on Chromebook
