Auto Delete Android folder

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Auto Delete Android folder

HonestAbe7 opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

Would like to request a way to auto delete the Android folder. I know older apps use this to store game data and ads but I don't need it. I like to keep my device as clean as possible without any unnecessary files. But I do realize the system apps do auto generate files too.

Hunter Austin · Answer 1 · Thu Oct 14 2021 12:43:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

hmm I don't have such folder on my device. Might be because it's relatively newer or because Samsung is at it again with its annoying practices

Where is this folder located?

usually apps save data in /data/data/

edit:

there is an android folder in /data/data/ , is that the one you're referring too? Apps don't save data in that folder (they do in its parent folder) and I believe it requires root privileges to access

HonestAbe7 · Answer 2 · Thu Oct 14 2021 21:47:01 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Usually on both the main drive and also on the external SD card. On Thursday, October 14, 2021, 12:43:14 AM EDT, Hunter Austin ***@***.***> wrote: hmm I don't have such folder on my device. Might be because it's relatively newer or because Samsung is at it again with its annoying practices Where is this folder located? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

HonestAbe7 · Answer 3 · Thu Oct 14 2021 22:18:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I don't have root access on my phone and I have Android 10 using a cheap LG phone and I can erase the whole Android folder without issues. It is NOT hidden. I usually erase it also on my SD card too; not just my main drive or storage. On Thursday, October 14, 2021, 10:00:39 AM EDT, gallegonovato ***@***.***> wrote: Good afternoon: But if certain things are deleted from the folder you comment. You can be left with a brick. Since each mobile has applications there are installed (I mean those that already brings by default for example). Or depending on what is deleted some applications may stop working. It would be necessary to refine very well that things can be removed from there. This folder is hidden in the system. And in the system root. You can see it for example with amaze by checking view system files. But for some things it will ask for root or superuser access. And with other browsers see hidden files. Or if you have the phone rotated and others, you'll see everything for example with trwp And as @TheRedSpy15 comments to delete that folder you need root or superuser permissions. Or by Adb https://www.xatakandroid.com/tutoriales/como-eliminar-aplicaciones-tu-android-que-no-se-dejan-borrar-inhabilitar , https://andro4all.com/2017/07/eliminar-aplicaciones-sin-root The only thing to tune lte to erase well the cache of applications. And something else. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

Hunter Austin · Answer 4 · Mon Nov 08 2021 08:39:54 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Closing this since this feature just isn't plausible