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Erin16B8
Participant
Mar 23, 2021 10:50 PM UTC
Question

Managing Fresco file space on the ipad

I am having a storage issue with Fresco documents that is rapidly making this unusable.  I love the live brushes, but this storage issue is going to push me back to procreate. 

 

I need to delete Fresco files off of my ipad without deleting them off of creative cloud.  I have tried reinstalling the app, the problem persists once I open a fresco document from the cloud.  I have tried making the documents online only and somehow the fresco document storage space on my ipad INCREASES???!?  I am perplexed!

 

Please advise!

 

Thanks!

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DaveJCummingsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
Mar 25, 2021 12:28 PM UTC

Even if the storage is online only,  I believe if you're opening the file,  its going to get downloaded somewhat onto your device.  I don't know how Procreate is better in that regard, since all its storage is on your device

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Discohoe
Discohoe
Inspiring
Mar 26, 2021 2:34 AM UTC

I've been having this same issue on my iPhone. Currently fresco is taking up 12 GB.. I only have 2 simple drawings on the go. I know these are cached files but is there another way to deal with this aside from deleting and re downloading the app? I've had to do that once already and I had to re install all my imported brushes. This was not even a month ago and I'd rather not have this be an ongoing problem 😥 the pic below is its current state

 

 

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Sue Garibaldi
Sue Garibaldi
Inspiring
Mar 29, 2021 4:45 PM UTC

Hi.

 

Because Fresco taking up this amount of space does not seem normal to me I asked one of our engineers about it. Although he agreed that the amount of space taken did seem inordinate he asked whether you have a lot of brushes in your libraries or whether you're following multiple libraries with a lot of brushes.

 

Brushes from libraries all get downloaded and stored on the device once a brush list is launched/used. They are the only thing other than documents that can take up space. 

 

You mentioned your brush libraries so I thought it might be worth posting. 

 

Sue.

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