1,5gb Of Data In Internal (system Data) - How Can I Delete?

[patrickdrd]

it seems that I've got
1,5gb of data in internal (system data) - how can I delete?
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[Unforgiven]

That is your OS, you can't delete it. Even if you could, you would render your device useless.

 

[chanchan05]

Basically, deleting that is equivalent to deleting Windows off a laptop.

 

[Hadron]

This is also why the system doesn't allow you to delete system stuff: many people would take the attitude the "I don't know what that is so I don't need it", resulting in a lot of broken phones.

Actually all of this stuff lives in a separate partition, so even if you could delete it (and the phone somehow ran for a couple of minutes before it realised it was dead) you'd not have any more space in the partition your stuff lives in.

 

[tube517]

Are you running out of space?

 

[patrickdrd]

"system data" is named in diskusage

for example you can check this thread:
https://androidforums.com/threads/low-on-space-system-data-huge.278837/

 

[chanchan05]

"system data" is named in diskusage

for example you can check this thread:
https://androidforums.com/threads/low-on-space-system-data-huge.278837/

That post is from way back in 2011 for a phone from when system data for an Android phone is less than 500mb (circa 2009). System data for phones today are much bigger. For example, system data on an S7 Edge runs 7GB. System data for a 2012 Galaxy S3 ran to 4GB. You are saying your system data is 1.5GB, which means it's well below that. Unless you have a phone from 2011, that system data is different from the system data that thread shows.

 

[patrickdrd]

ok thanks, but I thought since I'm root maybe it is something left in there, like trash (maybe because of an ota update some days ago?) and I should find and delete it to get rid of that, I've got close to 5gb free space in internal

 

[patrickdrd]

it should be some apk files left behind, even though I unistalled these apps (miui ones or office etc.)