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Remove download after upgrade succeeded

Open tcely opened this issue 7 months ago • 0 comments

Problem

The downloaded APK for various apps are wasting my storage even after the app in question was updated to the latest available version.

Desired behavior

If the software managed the cached APK better by removing it after the update succeeded automatically that would be much better.

Context

It is annoying to manually clear the cache.

Even worse, a single large application can fill up the storage and leave other smaller apps unable to update due to insufficient storage errors.

After I manually clear the cache all of these smaller apps must be downloaded again. This is wasting my attention, time, and bandwidth.

Possible fixes

A quick solution would be for automated updates to download a single app at a time, upgrade it, then remove the downloaded files before trying to update the next app.

An even better solution would be to update the smallest apps first. This way when the notification that the installation failed is presented, I won't see a screen full of tiny apps, plus a few large apps, like I do now.

tcely avatar Jun 04 '25 15:06 tcely