Chrome and Skype takes up a lot of storage I'm not sure if this is a problem different for anyone but these apps are very large.

I'm on a very limited storage of 2Gb with no move to sd capabilities and both these apps rise above 150Mb in space.

Updating both apps is simply impossible because I would have to remove a lot of apps to do so.
I'd rater rather just delete both but I actively use both and Chrome is the default browser.
Also Skype had issues with the latest version so I was forced to downgrade. 

And before answers arise saying just delete the data. That includes preferences, logins and bookmarks.

For extra info:

Phone: Sony Xperia M / C1905 rooted

OS version: 4.3

Build: 15.4.A.1.9

Chrome: 41.0.2272.96 (outdated)

Skype: 5.3.0.65246 (outdated)
You cannot do anything about those two monsters using so much data – they're known for that. But still, there's something to work around that, enabling you to "update" without losing your data:


Backup for safety (data only)

adb backup -noapk -f Skype.ab com.raider.skype
adb backup -noapk -f Chrome.ab com.android.chrome

Remove the apps, but keep their data

adb uninstall -k com.raider.skype
adb uninstall -k com.android.chrome

Install the apps anew using e.g. the Playstore app


If that doesn't work out (as the amount of data still is too much), ommit the -k in the second step – and to restore your data, follow the third step by

adb restore Skype.ab
adb restore Chrome.ab


This requires your computer to be equipped with adb (see the adb tag-wiki for details, including a minimal install as you won't need the entire SDK for that).