When I try to update Google Play, it says I don't have enough internal space available.

[AC Question]

When I check my internal storage space, I find that I have 29.69 GB available. I have/use very few apps compared to most people; few photos compared to most; and no videos or games. Yet Google Play won't update. I don't really care if I have Google Play, as I don't use my phone for music, yet it's always insisting that I update it. I would just as soon uninstall it, but it won't let me do that either!

 

[Rukbat]

1. "Google Play" has a lot of the code that different Google apps use, so it's necessary even if you don't run the Play app.

2. Different phones are partitioned differently - you can have 29.69GB "free" storage, but only a few hundred MB of storage allocated to apps and downloads. (Conversely, you can have almost no free storage, and still be able to install a lot of apps.)

3. Go to Play, find Google Play and turn off the automatic update. (Some people leave everything turned on to update - some of us turn them all off, and only update as needed [like a "you need to update this app to run it" message]. It's a pain the first time, though, because you have to turn off each app's update individually.)

 

[LoisJM]

Thank you so much for your help and explanation of the free storage. It makes a little more sense to me now.