diff --git a/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.html b/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.html
index d2eef1677..1d2af6c8d 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.html
+++ b/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.html
@@ -20,9 +20,5 @@
             <p>{{ 'core.settings.total' | translate }}</p>
             <p item-end>{{ totalUsage | coreBytesToSize }}</p>
         </ion-item-divider>
-        <ion-item-divider color="light" *ngIf="showFreeSpace">
-            <p>{{ 'core.settings.estimatedfreespace' | translate }}</p>
-            <p item-end>{{ freeSpace | coreBytesToSize }}</p>
-        </ion-item-divider>
     </core-loading>
 </ion-content>
diff --git a/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.ts b/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.ts
index 0f10c8545..3fec9f5d1 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.ts
+++ b/src/core/settings/pages/space-usage/space-usage.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { Component, } from '@angular/core';
 import { IonicPage } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { CoreAppProvider } from '@providers/app';
-import { CoreFileProvider } from '@providers/file';
 import { CoreFilepoolProvider } from '@providers/filepool';
 import { CoreSitesProvider } from '@providers/sites';
 import { CoreTextUtilsProvider } from '@providers/utils/text';
@@ -36,14 +35,11 @@ export class CoreSettingsSpaceUsagePage {
     sites = [];
     currentSiteId = '';
     totalUsage = 0;
-    freeSpace = 0;
-    showFreeSpace = true;
 
-    constructor(private fileProvider: CoreFileProvider, private filePoolProvider: CoreFilepoolProvider,
+    constructor(private filePoolProvider: CoreFilepoolProvider,
             private sitesProvider: CoreSitesProvider, private textUtils: CoreTextUtilsProvider,
             private translate: TranslateService, private domUtils: CoreDomUtilsProvider, appProvider: CoreAppProvider) {
         this.currentSiteId = this.sitesProvider.getCurrentSiteId();
-        this.showFreeSpace = !appProvider.isDesktop();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -91,26 +87,7 @@ export class CoreSettingsSpaceUsagePage {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Convenience function to calculate free space in the device.
-     *
-     * @return {Promise<any>} Resolved when done.
-     */
-    protected calculateFreeSpace(): Promise<any> {
-        if (this.fileProvider.isAvailable()) {
-            return this.fileProvider.calculateFreeSpace().then((freeSpace) => {
-                this.freeSpace = freeSpace;
-            }).catch(() => {
-                this.freeSpace = 0;
-            });
-        } else {
-            this.freeSpace = 0;
-
-            return Promise.resolve(null);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convenience function to calculate space usage and free space in the device.
+     * Convenience function to calculate space usage.
      *
      * @return {Promise<any>} Resolved when done.
      */
@@ -119,10 +96,6 @@ export class CoreSettingsSpaceUsagePage {
             this.calculateSizeUsage().then(() => this.calculateTotalUsage()),
         ];
 
-        if (this.showFreeSpace) {
-            promises.push(this.calculateFreeSpace());
-        }
-
         return Promise.all(promises);
     }
 
@@ -138,7 +111,7 @@ export class CoreSettingsSpaceUsagePage {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Convenience function to update site size, along with total usage and free space.
+     * Convenience function to update site size, along with total usage.
      *
      * @param {any} site Site object with space usage.
      * @param {number} newUsage New space usage of the site in bytes.
@@ -147,7 +120,6 @@ export class CoreSettingsSpaceUsagePage {
         const oldUsage = site.spaceUsage;
         site.spaceUsage = newUsage;
         this.totalUsage -= oldUsage - newUsage;
-        this.freeSpace += oldUsage - newUsage;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/providers/file.ts b/src/providers/file.ts
index 15ac2513a..6b7469f32 100644
--- a/src/providers/file.ts
+++ b/src/providers/file.ts
@@ -360,12 +360,19 @@ export class CoreFileProvider {
 
     /**
      * Calculate the free space in the disk.
+     * Please notice that this function isn't reliable and it's not documented in the Cordova File plugin.
      *
      * @return {Promise<number>} Promise resolved with the estimated free space in bytes.
      */
     calculateFreeSpace(): Promise<number> {
         return this.file.getFreeDiskSpace().then((size) => {
-            return size; // GetFreeDiskSpace returns KB.
+            if (this.platform.is('ios')) {
+                // In iOS the size is in bytes.
+                return Number(size);
+            }
+
+            // The size is in KB, convert it to bytes.
+            return Number(size) * 1024;
         });
     }