The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are amazing smartphones, and part of this remarkable package that we often take for granted is that these phones come with up to 256GB of storage – for most people, more than enough space than they would. hope to need. But now a strange bug is observed on OnePlus smartphones where the Media Storage app seems to consume a large part of the storage space, for no apparent reason.

In some cases, the app will randomly take over 100GB which may be enough to cripple your phone’s performance. The issue has been reported by several people so far, and according to some sources, the data size appears to be misrepresented and not actually supported by real files. However, its release apparently also results in noticeable improvements in performance, so even though this consumption is virtual, it still has consequences in the real world.

So what gives? One possible solution is to empty the “Recently Deleted” trash folder from the OnePlus gallery (which may take a few minutes depending on how much space it uses). As far as anyone can tell, the issue appears to be related to a series of bugs with the OnePlus Gallery.

If your media storage app is taking up an absurd amount of storage and you’re not sure why, deleting that folder might be the place to start. The issue has been reported on Reddit as well as OnePlus’ own forums, so hopefully the developers are aware and are working on a suitable resolution.