Why does my phone's storage show a bigger usage for "apps" than what I have installed?

[Android Central Question]

I have a samsung galaxy a10, the 32gb one.
My phone's storage tells me I have 19gb worth of installed apps, which is not true.
The two apps I have installed that aren't the basic factory apps are Azur Lane (8.13gb), Whatsapp (803mb) and Opera Browser (<100mb), and I doubt the rest of the factory apps add up to the remaining 11gb worth of apps the phone seems to think I have Tried clearing all the cache of apps and still nothing

 

[Laura Knotek]

Unfortunately 32 GB storage isn't enough nowadays. Just the operating system takes up around 10 GB space, so just a few apps and a few photos, videos, songs and you'll fill it up. You'll probably need to get a new phone with more storage space.

 

[mustang7757]

Show us some screenshots
https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=413366

I'll leave a Link to register so you can communicate here as a guest account you can only post questions but can't reply

https://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-question/409154-join-android-central-community.html

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? Are you sure it's not also showing the total use by system apps and preinstalled bloatware?