Media Storage consumes a lot of data

[Libb]

Hi, I realized that a Media Storage app consumes a lot of data - almost 70GB!

I have no idea, what exactly it is. I googled and it should be some new system how to work with storage for applications but... which is inside, which application uses it so much and how can I reduce the amount of consumed data? I have a lot of pictures stored in the storage but they are in different folder:

I tried wiping system cache, didn't help. Any idea?

[Reveroph]

@Libb should I just open a new thread for the same issue?? Or is there anyone else who knows how to fix this? I keep getting space usage notifications 

[Mango5]

Samsung A7
Is anyone having any success with this storage space issue.  I have the issue with the Android/ Media folder taking up a lot of storage space. My phone reports " running out of storage space" I don't know whether I can delete this data without messing up my apps?? Grateful for any advice.

[Leonard Tan]

I also having the same issue. Media Storage take out around 50% of my storage. still looking on the solution on it

[Pete77777]

Mee too. Same problem! Samsung support says it's data stored by apps. Which is double Bulls***. Very disappointing. Tech YouTubers should make this public. It's a disgrace you buy a 128 GB phone and can use only a fraction. 

[Mandyah88]

Reports it? Umbrella reports it to what? I don't need my personal pictures being reported to anything and it is obviously not a necessity because this is the first time I've had a phone with this and my other ones worked fine without it.

[Ornj]

Has anyone had any luck getting this sorted yet? I have 30gb of "app media" which I can't delete or clear

[Anmac1789]

Maybe it's related to some internal db ?