cleaning Other from storage space

[Android Central Question]

Recently I noticed that something in category "other" takes up a huge chunck of storage space on my huawei p9 light. I tried to find it via file explorer but no luck. I tried a few cleaning options, installed google files and in the end even factory reset my phone - that did erase my personal files and application data although it did not uninstall apps that I installed. But the 6 GB of "other" are still there. Any suggestion would be immensly appreciated.

 

[VidJunky]

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I found this similar question in a Google forum, perhaps it might shed some light for you... https://support.google.com/android/thread/40084448?hl=en

The answers seems to vary from deleted items being held in a trash folder to the actual apps installed on the device.

I also found this article that talks about this category. I didn't read the article however it seems to dive into this typic... https://www.syncios.com/android/clean-up-android-devices-and-other-storage.html

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Keep in mind that just because the data is in the "Other" category doesn't mean it's expendable.

Social media and messaging apps can build up a huge cache, so if you use apps like Telegram, kik, or Twitter, see if they have large caches.