It will be convenient if we have a storage management tool that allows users to see what consume the disk space and purge the data as needed.
Chrome OS is designed to be stateless and basically users do not have to take care of the usage of the storage.
However, there are many ways to consume the disk space.
- Web sites can use the storage for cache, persistent data, etc...
- Chrome extensions, app, and other types of apps can store data to the storage.
- Users can store data in Downloads and expect it as persistent.
- Googe Drive integration in Files app uses storage for Drive's offline cache.
- etc...
Running out of storage can be a cause of some unwanted results. For example, profiles can be deleted.
The OS should be / can be smarter to handle most situations, but in some cases, user's explicit intention will be desired to purge the data.
Some kind of data (e.g. Web site caches) provides a way to purge it, but it can take many steps to do, and different ways for different types of data will not be a friendly solution.
A management tool for Chrome OS storage will be convenient for users who are running out of space.
Comment 1 by fukino@chromium.org
, Mar 4 2016