Text messages total size in use

[Gary_Berg]

Does anyone know how to see the total amount of storage in use by the text message database, including pictures and videos?

 

[mustang7757]

Long press the message app >tap info>storage >data

 

[Gary_Berg]

Does that actually include the text messages database? I thought that was only the data the app uses to keep track of the stuff in the database.

I'm trying to track down the usage on my wife's phone, which must have gigabytes of text messages. I thought maybe a third party app might be able to tell me this.

 

[mustang7757]

Data is things collected in the app , pictures,files ,texts...

 

[GDany]

Data is things collected in the app , pictures,files ,texts...

Are sure about that? If this is true, why looking at Whatsapp's storage info, the Data category shows only 244MB when I know that all the messages I kept, including media, links and docs, take 22GB, as shown in Settings->Storage and Data in Whatsapp app? How do you explain this?

 

[mustang7757]

Are sure about that? If this is true, why looking at Whatsapp's storage info, the Data category shows only 244MB when I know that all the messages I kept, including media, links and docs, take 22GB, as shown in Settings->Storage and Data in Whatsapp app? How do you explain this?

Yes , my user data in messages on pixel , maybe it's in gallery some photos , sd card ?for what app

 

[GDany]

This might be true for Messages, but not Whatsapp. See by yourself in the attached screenshots.

 

[mustang7757]

Don't forget whatapp gets backed up to Google drive cloud also

 

[mustang7757]

So when you restore it comes from Google drive your Data