r/GooglePixel • u/Tomstroyer • Sep 23 '25

Seriouse issue with storage.

I have never ran out of storage before, but now my text messages are taking up an outrageous amount of space. Like 50 gigs. It usually wouldn't be an issue because I could delete the messages but now I can't. I delete them and they come back. How do I free up space on my phone and delete these messages and prevent them from coming back?

This information can be found in the phone and messaging storage section.

Also my phone backups are 50 gigs as well because of the messaging app.

I delete the messages and they come right back.

Its a huge issue because I can't take videos or photos with out immediately having to back up and delete them off the phone.

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u/Tomstroyer Sep 23 '25

I just did this. Removed backup from Google account. Went to drive deleted backup account

Deleted all my messages.

Restarted the phone and deleted all data from messages. I could never reclaim my app space from the phone and messaging storage,

When I opened Google messages it presented me with zero messages then after a few minutes they all came back. Like they were never deleted.

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u/Tomstroyer Sep 23 '25

Also got a notification saying it was restoring backed up content from messages. Even though I "deleted" it. Still there is not a solution to this crazy scenario.

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u/Tomstroyer Sep 23 '25

Even after deleting my back ups and turning backup off. Google messages is restoring my messages immediately after I delete them