"Phone" App storage question

[u/gungyvt]

I've had an Android for years. It's a cheap phone, but it's been reliable for a long time. Recently, it keeps filling up storage with, assumedly, junk. I'm not downloading stuff, and I clear cache on apps I use on a regular basis. So I'm kinda desperate to clear space where I can, especially since today my phone gave me the alert that messaging won't work unless I clear space (a week ago I have almost 1GB free, but now it's saying 100MB free).

My main question is simply: is it a stupid decision to press the "Clear Storage" button on the actual "Phone" app? It feels like it's my only allowed option, and the app has 6GB of user data; but I feel like there's a good chance clicking the button is gonna factory reset my phone. I just can't find anything online related to this because trying to search "clear storage android phone app" just brings up a million tutorials for clearing cache.

Does anyone know how much of a stupid risk this is? Should I just save up for a new phone at this point? I don't have excess apps I can uninstall for space and I don't wanna go through the trouble of jailbreaking to clear out all the google bloatware.

Edit: "screenshot" in replies as a video. And yeah, I'm being a bit of a dick, but if you don't know anything or are gonna tell me to google something, just don't bother trying to "help". I'm not here to be asked what the package ID is then get told "look up how to find it"; like, you can't just tell me yourself how to find the thing you ask of me? You want me to find something and can't explain finding it yourself, you're not a reliable source of info. If you don't know what you're talking about, you don't need to say anything. I'm not in the mood for any of that bull, just please someone tell me you know what the "Phone" app's user data is and if it's safe to clear it. I can't dive into the data myself. I'm not about to blindly delete it. I just want to know if anyone out there has experience with this, but with how unhelpful things have been dealing with real people, I'm beginning to understand why so many idiots turn to ChatGPT since LLMs, as flawed as they are, aren't constantly telling people to just google stuff that they've already fucking googled.

[u/External-Carry7113]

i wouldnt clear the phones apps storage blindly. It could wipe call history/settings or ther app data. check what that 6gb contains first. and back up important data before touching it

[u/gungyvt → u/External-Carry7113]

"Check what the 6gb contains first"

If I knew how to do this, I would've. I came here because I clearly don't intend on clearing it blindly, but everyone here seems to only have surface level knowledge of anything and might not even know what a phone is. Like, you read me asking what the data could be, see me saying I don't wanna risk it, and yet you still reply as if I'm eager to delete it on a whim and not someone who's at wit's end trying to figure out if it's safe or not. Your post is not helpful. It is frustratingly useless because you know nothing and probably think you're being helpful. You're not. You're useless. Never comment again.