Gamers are just realizing hidden PS5 setting is eating up your storage – tap twice and you’re safe

A DEFAULT setting on your PlayStation 5 could be eating up your storage.

It’s simple enough to fix – and could save you from serious PS5 storage woes.

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Earning trophies from gaming achievements is fun, and some players will collect hundreds or even thousands.

But many gamers don’t realize that the PS5 automatically captures footage of each trophy that you earn.

By default, your PS5 will collect a 15-second 4K clip of your gaming achievement.

And if you earn enough Sony trophies, you may end up wasting gigabytes of space without even realizing why.

Thankfully it’s very easy to fix this problem if you don’t care about having trophy videos.

So before you delete any games to install a new title, check your settings first.

To find it, go to PlayStation Settings by clicking the cogwheel in the corner.

Then choose Captures and Broadcasts, and look for the Auto-Captures subheading.

Now choose Trophies and look under the Video Clips section.

You have to a few options to choose from.

By default, your PS5 will record all trophy grades.

But you can change it to any of the following:

• Platinum, Gold, Silver
• Platinum, Gold
• Platinum
• None

Picking None is naturally the best choice to avoid wasting any storage.

There’s also a setting to change the Trophy Video Duration.

You can pick either 15 or 30 seconds (or toggle the setting off entirely).

There’s no shorter option than 15 seconds, which is the default choice.

It’s also possible to turn off Save Trophy Screenshots, which is also on by default.

However these screenshots will take up significantly less storage space than

You can delete existing recordings by going into your PS5 Media Library.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk