While “Disk Full” error message in Google Chrome appears to be pointing towards lack of storage space, it is not uncommon to Google Chrome coming up with this message on computers with sufficient storage capacity.
In such cases, the reason for “Disk Full” error on computer with sufficient storage capacity could be due to the browser cache being corrupted, incompatible browser extensions and other reasons.
“Disk Full” Chrome Download Error
Since, the error message is pointing to lack of storage space, the first step would be to make sure that your computer is not lacking in storage space.
Go to Settings > System > Storage and take a look at the amount of storage space available on your computer.
If the amount of available storage space is low, you need to make efforts to Free Up Storage Space on your computer.
1. Clear Cache and Cookies
The problem could be due to a cached error page leading to this error message on your computer. This can be easily fixed by clearing the Chrome browser cache from your computer.
1. Click on 3-dots menu icon (top-right corner) > select Delete Browsing Data option in the drop-down menu.
2. On Clear Browsing Data screen, click on Advanced > select All Time as the Time Range and click on Clear Data button.
After Clearing Cookies, Cache and browsing history, try to access the same webpage again.
2. Disable Browser Extensions
Incompatible browser extensions can prevent the browser for downloading files and lead to file download errors.
1. Click on 3-dots menu icon > Hoover mouse over Extension > click on Manage Extensions.
2. On the Extensions screen, disable all extensions by moving the slider to OFF position.
Note: You can also delete the extension by clicking on the Remove option.
3. After this, Restart Chrome browser and see if you can download the file.
3. Reset Chrome Browser to Default Settings
Resetting Google Chrome to its original Settings can help if the problem is being caused due to a change or corruption of the browser settings on your computer.
For the steps to Reset Google Chrome, you can refer to this guide: How to Reset Google Chrome to Default Settings.
4. Reinstall Chrome
If above methods did not help, the problem might be due to the installation of Google Chrome browser on your computer becoming damaged or corrupted.
The only way to fix this issue is to remove the corrupted installation of Google Chrome browser and install the latest version of the browser on your computer: How to Reinstall Google Chrome on PC and Mac.