Pics and vids taking up too much space

[chrispher86]

Alright so I got only about 5 pics or so on my phone. Most are downloaded wallpapers that are 2mb or less. Yet the storage tells me that its taking up over 500mb. I don't know where its coming from. Also I had auto upload turned on in Google+ and I deleted the photos from G+ but i still have the albums in my gallery. I can't figure out how to delete them. Pressing and holding doesn't give me the option to delete. Very annoying.
If anyone can help me solve these 2 problems, I would greatly appreciate it.

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[Lawrence Dorn]

you got any video you downloaded to the phone.. downloaded videos dont show up in the gallery....

 

[chrispher86]

No

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[Jennifer Stough]

Try clearing caches and history. On some devices attachments are saved as a temp file after being viewed.

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[chrispher86]

Try clearing caches and history. On some devices attachments are saved as a temp file after being viewed.

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Cleared caches. Where do you clear history?

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[Jennifer Stough]

History is cleared through your browser. Its often in the favorites tab.

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[llamainmypocket]

On long press a little garbage can should pop up. Also, you should have the option in settings once the picture is opened to delete it.

If you find you need more space I'd recommend Amazon cloud drive photos. It uploads the picture you took directly to your cloud which can be accessed on any device immediately. I just use it instead of the stock gallery.

 

[chrispher86]

Still taking up like 640mb. Just annoying.

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[Greg C]

Try downloading ES File Explorer and see if you can find the video files. Also... you get free cloud storage from the Box.net app for simply downloading the app to your Nexus 4.

 

[Rizy7]

You sure its pictures? If you go into settings and then storage it should give you a breakdown on where your memory is used up. If you click onto the sections it should take you into more detail on where your memory is being used up

 

[Kaiser King]

I have the same problem. The DCIM folder says I have 675mb of pictures. However when I open it there are 2 folders- Camera (36mb) and 100 ANDROID(0mb). I only have 13 pictures (36mb) and nothing else, does anyone else know where the other 600mbs come from and how to get rid of them?

 

[damo]

I had this problem as well. The only way to fix it: Hook your phone up to a PC via USB and then delete the cache in the DCIM folder. You can right click on your mouse to find the properties and find the culprit!

I deleted all my photos but was still showing 5GB of photos, this was just in cache though

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[Diknak]

There is an app called Clean Master that will free up a lot of space if you have temporary files/cache issues. I strongly recommend you download that and see if it helps.

 

[Dox Catalin]

i hope it's not too late but here is the trick ...

download ES File Explorer (or any other file explorer that is able to "see" hidden files/folders). go to /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails , and delete those files.

regards

 

[skully gaming]

you got any video you downloaded to the phone.. downloaded videos dont show up in the gallery....

. Yes so I'm having that problem I've gotten rid of all my photos and videos for games because I put everything else on my phone but when I download stuff I don't have space so I go check my space and its says 2.74 GB of photos and videos and I clearly deleted them and cleared cache and history and it still says that I even did a reset

 

[Swoopanddive]

I had this problem as well. The only way to fix it: Hook your phone up to a PC via USB and then delete the cache in the DCIM folder. You can right click on your mouse to find the properties and find the culprit!

I deleted all my photos but was still showing 5GB of photos, this was just in cache though

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This WORKED! My device had 4.75 GB of cached photos on it and storage was maxed out. It was driving me CRAZY. I really can't thank you enough for sharing this fix. Just beautiful. I GOT MY NEXUS 4 BACK!

 

[anon(10661951)]

Alright so I got only about 5 pics or so on my phone. Most are downloaded wallpapers that are 2mb or less. Yet the storage tells me that its taking up over 500mb. I don't know where its coming from. Also I had auto upload turned on in Google+ and I deleted the photos from G+ but i still have the albums in my gallery. I can't figure out how to delete them. Pressing and holding doesn't give me the option to delete. Very annoying.
If anyone can help me solve these 2 problems, I would greatly appreciate it.

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