What is other in Samsung storage(2023)

 

What is other in Samsung storage?

Introduction

Hello guys, how are you today, I hope you will be fine, so today I'm going to tell you about what is other in Samsung storage, so let's get started.

Table of content:

1. How to check other storage on Samsung mobiles?
2. Is there a way to move files from "other" storage to a different category?
3. How to delete other storage on Samsung mobile?
4. Which files are safe to delete from "other" storage?
5. What are these some common problems that can occur if I delete files from the other storage category?
6. What steps should I take if I accidentally delete important files from the "other" storage category?
7. Why is my phone storage full after deleting everything?

So the other storage is the storage of a Samsung mobile which stores only files and data inside itself. In this storage there are no photos, videos, music and apps. They stored only cached data, system files, and other miscellaneous files.

 

For example, if you play a game and they game have only 10 missions and you only complete 5 missions and then you exit the game and then the data of the game will be saved in the "other" storage inside your Samsung mobile.

 

And whenever you search something on Google, the search history data will be stored in the "other" storage; I hope you must have gone that what is other storage in Samsung.

 

How to check other storage on Samsung mobiles?

 

If you want to know about the other storage of your mobile, then you have to follow the instructions:

 

1. First of all you have to go to the "Settings" of your Samsung mobile.

 

2. And after that by scrolling down you will get the option of "Device Care" or "Device Maintenance" it depends on your mobile android version which of these two option you will get and then you have to click on this option

 

3. And after that you will get the option of "Storage" or "Storage and Memory". I said above that it depends on the Android version of your mobile, which of these options you will get and you have to click on this option.

 

4. As you click on the storage option, there you will get to know about the storage of your mobile, how much free space you have and how much storage is available in your mobile, and after that you will get one of the options "system", "miscellaneous" or "cached data". You have to click on that option.

 

5. And after that there you will get the option of "other", you have to click on that option so that you know what data is stored inside the "other" storage.

 

Is there a way to move files from "other" storage to a different category?

No, it's not possible to move the files from other storage to different categories because the other storage stored that data or files that are not easily categorized or identified by the operating system of your Samsung mobile. Remember that if you want to move the files from other storage then you might be face issues in your Samsung mobile.

How to delete other storage on Samsung mobile?

If you want to delete the whole other storage then it's not possible but you can clear the other storage by following these steps:

 

1.Clear cached data: So if you want to clear the data of "other" storage of your Samsung mobile, then clearing the cached data is the best way for it.

 

To clear the cached data, you have to first go to the "setting" of your mobile and then click on the option of the "apps" and the application or the game you want to clearing the cached data of you need to click on that application or click on the game and then there you will get the option of "clear cached", you have click on it and then the cached data of the game or the application will be deleted. And you will see less data from other storage of your mobile than before.

 

2. Delete unnecessary files: This means that you have to delete those files that files are no longer of any use to you such as old downloads, documents or backup.

 

You can do this work in such a way that you have to go to the "my file" or "file manager" application of your mobile and after finding that file and selecting it there you will get the delete option, by clicking on it your file will be deleted. And you have to do this work with all those useless files which you do not need now.

 

3. Use Samsung device's care: So this is a build-in optimization tool inside Samsung mobile which helps you to delete unnecessary files inside your mobile including "other" in your Samsung storage.

 

To you use this feature, first of all you have to go to the "settings" of your mobile and after scrolling down you will get the option of "device care" there, you have to click on it and then there you will get an option of "storage", you have to click on that and after that you will get an option on which it will be written "clear now", if you click on it then all your unnecessary files will be deleted.

 

4. Factory reset: If other methods did not work to reduce the "other" storage of your mobile, then you will have to factory reset your mobile. Factory reset will delete all the data of your mobile including "other" storage but one thing must be kept in mind that you keep a backup of your mobile or important files, so that after factory resetting your phone you can easily restore the important files in your mobile.

 

Which files are safe to delete from "other" storage?

So generally it's not recommended to delete files from "other" storage because the other storage contains system files and app files but some files is safe to delete from other storage, like the:

 

Cached data from apps, downloaded files that's now useless for you, old backups and miscellaneous files. Miscellaneous files includes any files that that you saved to your device like the document or a image but now the documents or images is useless for you.

Remember that deleting a important file from other storage may cause issue for your Samsung mobile. If a file or a document it's useless for you then it's safe to delete from "other" storage.

What are these some common problems that can occur if I delete files from the other storage category?

 

Like I said earlier it is not recommended to delete an important file from "other" storage but now the question is what will be happen if you delete an important file from the other storage:

 

1. App crashes: If you have deleted an important system file or application file from other storage, then your application will crash.

 

2. System instability: If you have deleted some of these system files, then your Samsung mobile may become unstable or even unresponsive.

 

3. Data loss: If you have deleted any important apps file, then your saved data of that application will be deleted.

 

4. Reduced performance: If you have deleted any important system file from other storage, then your mobile performance may slow down.

 

5. Device errors: If you have deleted any important system files from the "other" storage, then the chances will increase that error message will start coming in your mobile.

 

Whenever you want to delete this File do check of the file once whether that file is safe to delete or not, if that file turns out to be important, then these errors will start coming in your mobile.

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What steps should I take if I accidentally delete important files from the "other" storage category?

If you accidentally delete an important file from other storage in your Samsung Mobile then you should follow the below steps:

1. Check the recycle bin: Some of the Samsung Mobile has the recycle bin feature. The recycle bin keep the deleted data for time period.

 

If you want to check that your mobile have recycle bin then you should follow these steps: First of all you have to open "gallery" on "my file" application on your Samsung mobile and then their you will be find "three-dot menu icon" you have to click on that icon and then if you find the recycle bin option there you have to click on that and restore the deleted data.

 

2. Use a file recovery app: There are many applications in the Google Play Store that can recover your mobile data, the most famous of them are DiskDigger, EaseUS MobiSaver and recuva, but keep in mind that this application cannot recover all deleted files of your mobile and you will have to root your mobile to get more data.

 

3. Contact Samsung support: If both the above steps do not work for your Samsung mobile recovery, then you will have to contact Samsung support and after that Samsung will tell you how you can recover your mobile data or will tell you some other way.

 

Why is my phone storage full after deleting everything?

 

If you were something mobile storage is full after deleting everything, then it might be the reasons below:

 

1. Cached data: A lot of storage of your mobile takes the data of cached of any applications, even if you delete an application from your mobile, you may not delete their cached data, so clear the cached data of an application by going to the "setting" of your mobile.

 

2. Large files: Videos, music's and other large documents can take up a lot of storage on your mobile, so whatever type of file is not of use to you, delete them so that your storage gets reduced a bit.

 

3. System files: System files can be a reason that your mobile's storage is not decreasing but I would not say that you delete these files because these are important files, if you delete them, you will start having issues in your mobile.

 

4. Updates: Whenever you update your mobile, some temporary files are created inside your mobile to execute update process, but when the updating process is complete, then that file may not be deleted again and these files can fill some storage of your mobile.

 

5. Hidden files: If there are hidden files in your mobile, then they also take a significant amount of your mobile storage, so go to your "gallery" or "my file" application and delete those hidden files which you do not need.

 

6. Corrupted files: If there is any corrected file in your Samsung mobile, then that file has leeched more space than the file from the other side of your mobile, then you have to find these files and delete them.

 

7. Factory reset: If you have followed all the above steps and still the storage of your mobile is not reduced, then you will have to factory reset your mobile, but keep in mind that you must have the backup of your important files before factory reset.

 

If the storage of your mobile has increased, then you will definitely see the performance of your mobile becoming slow, some functions may not be working properly in your mobile, that is why it is important that you reduce the storage of your mobile.

 

Conclusion

So that is for today, I hope you learn what is other in Samsung storage and how to delete it but also note that do not delete the important files in "other" storage because it's may cause issue in your Samsung mobile, so I hope enjoyed this article, see you in the next article.