What's using up all my Moto G 's internal storage?

[paininthenuts]

Note to everyone. When you get the opportunity to install android 6.01 do so. I don't why but you will get just under another 1gb storage back

 

[mrsw1]

Note to everyone. When you get the opportunity to install android 6.01 do so. I don't why but you will get just under another 1gb storage back

Upgrading from Android 6.0 to 6.01 gave me back more than 5,5 GB! Unbelievable...
Before the upgrade I had 1.16 GB free space and now 6,86 GB

Great tip! Thank you!

 

[Vyrlokar]

Personally, the first tool I use to check what's using my storage space is Disk Usage. Been using it since my original HTC Desire (the one that was almost identical to the Nexus One). I feel that the app will tell you where your missing storage is going.

 

[greenrhyno]

Solution I posted here may help solve this problem:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=637094&p=5890012&viewfull=1#post5890012

 

[Vic S]

I'm quite a newbie to using a new Motorola G 3rd Gen as more than an emergency phone

Have not taken many photos yet the camera is not working - states internal memory nearly full.

Installed a 64Gb SD card with the intention of using it for storing photos and videos as I had done this successfully on Samsung Galaxy 2 tablet. Rather more familiar with desktop computer and the advice on Motorola website was to clear cache seemed a good idea but this has not resolved matters.

Have reformatted any SD cards inserted into the phone to give opportunity of phone to format to own requirements.

If I recall correctly there was option to integrate card with apps (and memory?) or use merely as storage.

Thinking of ridding the smartphone of as many apps as possible - perhaps Google is the biggest offender? On previous phone it was difficult to get rid of the pre-installed apps.

Not much point in doing a factory reinstall without solving the problem that is likely to crop up again.
Disgraceful selling a product without necessary included software to easily monitor and adjust memory use and storage and not to be able to priortise camera.

Appreciate all the advice here and it is encouraging to this newbie to find more experienced people with similar problem

There seem to be related problems on "Migrate data filled up my internal storage" so a copy of this message is posted there

 

[Vic S]

Hope my problem is solved by the following advice from Motorola:-


"Your Moto G3 only supports removable SD cards up to 32 GB of capacity, hence this could explain why your 64 GB SD card is not working, I would advise you to use a 32 GB SD card from a reputable manufacturer on your Moto G3. "

Damn - I will have to buy a dedicated 32Gb card just for the Motorola!

 

[Yoleoyoleo]

ONE SOLUTION=Found Google Play application cache cleared up 17GB! of storage. Moto G5+, Android v8.1.0 Settings(Gear icon)>Storage>Internal Shared Storage>Other Apps>Google Play Services>Clear Cache button. Alt path = Settings>Apps>Google Play Services>Storage>Clear Cache button.