Ultimate Guide to Taming Non-Steam ("Other") Storage on Steam Deck 2024
97It's time to refresh my video on taking control of your "Other" storage (now known as "Non-Steam") for 2024.
You have a big ugly yellow bar on your Steam Deck's Storage screen? Need to know what is in there?
This video will not only help you curb it - but you're going to learn a lot about the Steam Deck file system and what things should (and shouldn't) be there.
Chapter Jumps
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Bumper
00:31 - The Eternal Question
01:13 - Assumptions
01:37 - Components of the Deck's File System
02:35 - The OS
02:57 - Game Binaries/DLC
03:28 - Shader Caches
04:17 - Proton Prefixes
06:42 - Third Party Apps
07:12 - And Knowing Is Half the Battle
07:23 - Getting the Tools You Need
07:43 - Disk Usage Analyzer
09:35 - Looking Up Game IDs
10:41 - Using ProtonTricks
11:27 - I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THERE!!!??
13:06 - Closing
LINKS
- SteamDB: https://steamdb.info
- Centralized Storage: • Steam Deck: Protect Your Game Install...
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