Why photos/videos still take up so much of my memory?

[AC Question]

Hi, I have a Samsung S3 mini that is giving me memory troubles. I admit I take loads of pictures but I've bought an external SD card and moved all of them there and also set the camera to save any new pic or video on the external SD instead of the phone memory. Still, if I check my storage detail, Photos/Videos still take up 0.88 GB.

What can I do to free this space up?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! A lot of that could be due to thumbnails. Even though individual thumbnails are small, they can take up a considerable amount of space if the system has a lot of them built up. Go to the /DCIM/.thumbnails directory and see how big it is (using a file manager app like My Files).