Over time your Kodi will run more slowly affecting your user experience because of redundant files from caching, packages, and thumbnails. Those files consume a lot of storage space. The EZ Maintenance+ add-on is the perfect solution for this issue. It removes the redundant files, and by freeing this space, it improves the performance of Kodi. EZ Maintenance+ is mandatory for every Kodi user.
Here are the instructions on how to install EZ Maintenance+:
- Launch Kodi
- Click the settings icon
- Click System
- Hover over Add-ons
- Click Unknown source to enable it (if you haven’t done it already)
- Go back to the settings menu
- Click File manager
- Click Add source
- Click <None>
- Type the URL: https://peno64.github.io/repository.peno64 and click OK
- Type peno as the source name (so you will be able to identify it later) and click OK
- Go back to the Kodi home page
- Click Add-ons
- Click the add-on browser icon
- Click Install from zip file
- Click pino (which is the name you gave to the source)
- Click repository.peno64-x.x.zip
- Click Install from repository
- Click peno repository
- Click Program add-ons
- Click EZ Maintenance+
- Click Install
- Wait till you see an add-on installed message
Now the EZ Maintenance+ add-on is installed.
This add-on has other purposes besides maintenance like backup and restores, log viewer and uploader, buffer size optimization and speed test. However, we will focus on the maintenance functionality.
To get to the maintenance menu, you need to click on the add-on, and in its main menu click Maintainance. There you see the following options:
Clear Cache
The cache is used to store files, so Kodi won’t need to download the same files over and over again. However, over time more and more files are stored in Kodi’s cache. A full cache is one of the most common reasons for slow performance with Kodi. Choosing this option cleans the entire cache and improves the performance of your Kodi.
Clear Packages
When installing an add-on, Kodi first downloads a ZIP file containing the add-on’s files in a compressed format. Over time those ZIP files may consume a large percentage of your storage. Choosing this option removes all those redundant files. You can always download them again if you ever need them.
Clear Thumbnails
Thumbnails are part of every add-on, but an add-on may contain redundant thumbnails. Choosing this option deletes all the thumbnails of the add-ons and forces downloading the ones which are needed. This way, you can save a lot of storage.
Settings
In the main menu of the add-on, click Settings, then click AutoClean at Startup to enable it. By doing so, the add-on will clean the cache, packages and thumbnails every time you start your Kodi. You can also configure the limit for packages and thumbnails folders.
Now you can use the EZ Maintenance+ add-on to maintain your Kodi.