Scroll down and select Storage > System Storage. Under System Storage, select Applications. On your PS4 DualShock controller, press the OPTIONS button. Back on your PS4 display, select Delete.

PS4 system software update 12.50 patch notes (March 24/25, 2025) “We’ve improved the messages and usability on some screens,” the official changelog reads. No other information was provided.

Those drives are just too slow for PS5 games. Plug in a compatible M.2 solid state drive, though, and you can use it just like the system's internal storage for PS5 games, PS4 titles and media apps.

Refreshing the PS4’s system cache may help in fixing minor or temporary bugs. What you need to do is to simply turn the console off and unplug it from the power outlet for 30 seconds.

Sony released PS4 system software update 12.00 alongside a major PS5 firmware update today, and this time, the patch notes are a little different than what we’re used to seeing.

PS4 system software update 8.50 has just dropped and is available to download onto your system, weighing in at 481 MB. This patch has some new features including the ability to Share Play with ...

Yep, as you may have guessed, this is another one of those stability improvements. The official PS4 update 9.51 patch notes read: “ This system software update improves system performance.” ...

The PS4 has a simpler path here, thanks to internal SATA support, and will likely beat the Xbox One's USB 3.0 linkage when MS finally adds external storage capability.