The present teachings relate to management of storage space for embedded databases in software systems. In various embodiments, the present teachings enable a user to (i) pre-allocate disk space for an embedded database; and/or, (ii) change the disk space allocated to an application's embedded database. The former can be effected, in various embodiments, when the software application is installed, and the latter when the software is running. One or both of these tasks can be accomplished via a graphical user interface (GUI) permitting and facilitating user interaction.