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What is this others in storage

(Topic created on: 01-23-2022 10:35 PM)
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satdidoS24
Active Level 9
Options
Galaxy A
Hi friends please look into attachment and let me know what is others in storage which is showing 9.06 GB in my phone and how to delete it please 

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advise me 
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MuzikD
Expert Level 3
Galaxy A
Well, others consists of many things like
Unidentified files
Thumbnail cache
Installed apk data under Android data
Video cache
Temporary android files
Etc...
These data won't be visible in phone but you can access that by any computer under Android folder and data of each application installed.


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satdidoS24
Active Level 9
Galaxy A
How to clear them
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MuzikD
Expert Level 3
Galaxy A
Since, these files can do no harm or slow your phone. I suggest you to not to touch them. They consists of many important android files which can be very important and can result in bricking of device if got deleted.
But yes you can delete a few of them by computer.
Once you open your mobile in computer..
Search. ". thumbnail" select all and delete. ".temp" select all delete.
But again if you delete thumbnails file can free up sapce but it will take more time in reloading the same images and once you open the image, it will create a thumbnail file again.

Other then that i dont recommend to delete them.
I have 112GB of other data and i know if i delete that, it will recreates as i open respective file or app.
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WalkieTechie
Expert Level 4
Galaxy A
112gb is a bit too much for temporary data. You should try deleting them. Also, Others contains content you have downloaded for example a video in an OTT platform or an offline song in a Music streaming app.
MuzikD
Expert Level 3
Galaxy A
Yup, that's also counts in temporary files/installed apk data. I mean you can't share or move them and once you delete that it create free space.
112 gb is a bit high i know bro.. but i know why it is so big in size... My image thumbnails are of 10-15gbs per project but once i move the project to compute, it create free space. And once i Start again the whole things... it happens again.
It is ok for me to go. But ya.. you are right.