Galaxy S4 no space

[jacimac]

Hi all,

Recently deleted 30K+ (not kidding) text messages, including 1700 MMS as a part of that.

Figured that that would clear up a lot of space on my phone, but no luck; it gained me all of 1 MB.

I have cleared my phone cache, as well as the messaging app cache, also no luck.

Is there somewhere on my phone wherein backups (or something) of these files are living, so that I can delete them and clear out a bit?

Galaxy S4 (obv)
Android 5.0.1
Using the native messaging app

Thank you!

 

[extraclass]

Move your photos, music and video files to the sd card. The easiest way I have found is to connect to your computer with a usb cable! Delete some apps you do not need, especially large ones that are taking up big chunks of memory.
How much memory are you showing on your main memory and sd card?