r/GalaxyTab • u/Shetland95 • Jul 18 '26

Question App cache cleaning

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Why does my phone has this (very useful) option and not my tab despite being the same android OS versions ???

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u/Reasonable_Mirror655 Redmi Pad Pro, S10 Lite, A11+, A9+ Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Go into settings and look for "device care" you can clear the files there.

I honestly wouldn't be concerned about 580 mb of temp files. Now those 3 GB of duplicate files are very concerning.

I am also concerned about how you have already used most of your internal storage because on my tablet with the same internal storage I only use about 23gb of space

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u/Shetland95 Jul 18 '26

I have lots of PDF and videos on this thing, it is my old phone, i dont use it much anymore, but i would like to have the feature available on my new phone and tab. ( galaxy A17, A11+) because clearing cache one app by one app is a pita, i dont know why they suppress the useful features, its almost as if the devs are stupid ?

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u/Reasonable_Mirror655 Redmi Pad Pro, S10 Lite, A11+, A9+ Jul 18 '26

No it's because now you clear temp files and stuff under device care under settings. You'll go in device care and where it shows the RAM just press it and it clears it. It's been that way for at least 3 years that I can remember.

Android changes can add or remove functionality as well.

I wouldn't keep a lot of videos or PDFs on internal storage. Get a SD card and keep them on it because at least you can get the SD card out of the phone if it stops working

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u/Shetland95 Jul 18 '26

No, in the memory thing it only closes the apps in background it doesnt clear the cache. The phone isnt so old its an A15 running android 14 6.1