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How to Delete or Uninstall Purchased Digital Games from PS4 Console Library

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Games are more exciting to play when you have a piece of power-packed equipment such as the Sony PlayStation 4 console. It enhances the thrill of the gameplay, elevates graphics, and gives you better control. You can download, install, and save multiple digital games on your PS4 for easy access at any time.

But, PS4 only comes with a 500GB storage space to store or save your digital PS4 games. It may be enough for a lot of users. However, when you want to play games with a huge file size, such storage is never sufficient to store everything. For instance, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has a file size of 85GB, while Gran Turismo: Sport comes with a 100GB size.

If expanding your PS4 drive is not an option, all you have to do is fully delete or uninstall these digital games you purchased from your PS4 console to free up some precious storage space. Please note that you cannot permanently delete purchased digital games on PS4.

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How to Completely Delete or Uninstall PS4 Console Purchased Digital Games & Saved Data

For some users, saving up storage space is not the only reason for deleting or uninstalling a digital game on PS4. You may have downloaded and installed a game that you don’t like, and it seems logical to remove it rather than let it stay in your library.

The good thing is that you can always re-download and reinstall them back at any time. Just navigate to your library and go to the Purchased section.

Remove PS4 Digital Games via PlayStation 4 Library

  • Navigate to your PS4 Library.
  • Look for the game that you want to delete.
  • Select the Options button.
  • Choose Delete.
  • Click OK.

Delete Digital PS4 Games via PS4 Home Screen

  • Go to your PlayStation 4 home screen.
  • Look for the game that you want to remove.
  • Select the Options button.
  • Click Delete.
  • Select OK.

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Uninstall Digital PS4 Games via PS4 Settings

  • From the home screen, go to the Settings menu of your PS4.
  • Choose Storage.
  • Go to System Storage or Extended Storage.
  • Click Applications.
  • Select Options.
  • Choose Delete.
  • Select the game that you want to delete.
  • Click Delete.
  • Select OK.

Delete Saved Data of PS4 Digital Games

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Now that you removed the digital game from PS4, you will need to delete the saved data. PlayStation 4 still stores these saved data after deleting a game so that you can go back to where you last finished when you decide to re-download the game. If you want to delete the game completely, you will need to remove the saved data.

  • Go to the Settings menu of your PS4.
  • Select the Application Saved Data Management.
  • Go to Saved Data in System Storage.
  • Click Delete.
  • Now, select whether to delete individual or multiple saved game data. 
  • Select the game that you want to remove.
  • Select Delete.
  • Click OK.

Removing PS4 Digital Game Media

  • Finally, you need to remove the game media on your PS4 gaming console. 
  • Navigate to the Capture Gallery of your PS4.
  • Select the game folder. 
  • Choose Options.
  • Click Delete.
  • Select the media that you want to delete.
  • Click Delete.
  • Select OK.

What PS4 digital games do you want to delete from your library? You can tell us your reasons in the comment section below.

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Eddie Mendoza Jr
Eddie Mendoza Jr
Eddie has a degree in Information Technology with a natural inclination towards troubleshooting devices. With more than 10 years of blogging experience in different niches, he has found it most satisfying when writing easy-to-follow guides and simplified articles related to computers, smart TVs, mobile devices and Internet-based services.

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