why is my system using all my storage?

[Android Central Question]

My androids sytem is on its own using 13 gb's of my storage and i cant find any applications on my phone that i can use to fix it.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums. What phone do you have? How much total storage is in it?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Some devices use a lot of the phone's Internal Storage for the OS and preinstalled bloatware, so that's why it's important to know which device you have.

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[Rukbat]

Also - if the app has downloaded anything, or saved any data, that becomes part of the storage it uses. (So a web browser can end up "using" tens of GBs too.)

 

[smvim]

The operating system is a vital part of your mobile device. No operating system and there's not a whole lot you can do with it. If you don't have enough storage space and you've gone through all the apps and files to see what is and isn't used or necessary, you're probably better off upgrading to a more capable phone with more storage. And for the most part, the operating system isn't an issue when it comes to your problem. Your phone's internal storage is divided into several partitions. Most are dedicated to the operating system and one big one is the user's data partition. Those system partitions have restricted access so you can't mess with them or their contents anyway. You have full control on that user data partition but not any of those system-level partitions.

Without knowing what model you have and some basic info on your storage usage (in actual numbers), there's no definitive answer to your question. Do you have a microSD card installed?