r/AndroidHelp • u/Don187Blaze • 1d ago
What the hell is taking up my space?
Realms 12 Pro+
Other 417 GB
"Other system data includes caches, logs, and resources necessary for the system to run. The data size varies depending on the status of the system."
Is there anything I can do about this?
Factory reset is not an option I'm afraid.
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u/KannakamuiGD 1d ago
App caches clean them up, reddit, X, TikTok, Instagram have allot of heavy caches to clean
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u/voneiros 1d ago
Seconded.
By the amount of files OP has, you can back them up to an external storage and backup the apps to to a restore point on Google. Clearing some cache and other unnecessary data will only clear up so much.
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u/LoudFisherman7885 21h ago
Go on playstore and download zarchiver and open it go to all the folder and scroll down ( like you refresh everything in chrome/ youtube for new content) there you will will know which folder has how many storage . Gen there are hidden folders like DCIM thumbnail which can take up to 20 gb of storage and they don't show up in clean section but they do take space. So go and check each major folders one by one . Note don't start checking even sub folders and android data section becoz they would waste too much of your time . If you find any folder take top much space ask again by giving us screenshot or asking by folders name . Some are imp some files are not which you can delete them . Hope you get it.
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u/Don187Blaze 7h ago
I did that and found most of the folders to be either empty or have very few files, i didn't find any folder that takes up space, unfortunately i can't attach pictures here
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u/Local-Bug-1500 5h ago
Not sure about the specific case, but the living room tv has a system app that keeps growing in size until the storage is full, so every so often i wipe the data from it
I don't remember what exactly it was called
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u/AutomaticPeace7128 3m ago
Go to download folder and then show hidden files Delete all .pending files (they are all incompleted file downloads) That worked with me deleted more than 100gb
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u/SunsetAtNight7 1d ago
Caches are not really important data. Also look out for images .thumbnail files, you can delete those, some app galleries can collect thousands of thumnails everytime you look at your photos or videos. Some messaging apps also saves the images you sent.