Device maintenance, what does it delete for storage?

[Matt_2662]

hello! i went into device maintenance under settings and tapped the Fix Now/Optimize button, which then showed me the status of all the actions being performed- one of these was the deleting of files- it deleted 1-2 GB ! i couldn't get any details as to what exactly this deleted, and 1-2 GB seems like a lot for cached and temp files- does anyone know exactly what gets deleted? i did some Googling but didn't find any results that gave any details..

thanks!

 

[ashune]

It's not that unusual for cache this size to build up, especially when using apps like YouTube, Netflix, Snapchat, other social media apps, browsers, etc. that need to cache bigger/many files.

 

[Matt_2662]

thanks, so what exactly gets deleted? i still haven't figured that out yet..

 

[ashune]

Things like thumbnails, preloaded videos and images, preloaded text, posts, etc. But no need to worry, actual content in apps won't get deleted.

 

[Matt_2662]

ok, thanks.. i'm assuming the Fix Now/Optimize actions do not touch personal data like pictures, music, videos, documents etc?

 

[ashune]

Correct, it should not delete any data that are not temporary files or cache.

 

[MIZAN RAHMAN1]

It will also delete you private files which you hidden by file Hider pro in internal storage. which are in hermit folder of internal storage