At: https://community.brave.com/t/brave-taking-up-a-ridiculous-amount-of-storage-space-on-my-phone/347523/2
I wrote:
Where did all the extra data come from?
The record in the file system structure, of the existance of the file, is removed, but the space that the file occupied, for some reason , continues to exist. Over time, that occupied space accumulates.
That occupied space grows quickly, when the user is in the habit of downloading files, storing them on their Android or iOS device, and then deleting the files.
I tested that, by using an iPhone to download large installers of Internet browsers (such as Firefox for desktop computers), and then deleting the installer files.
But the actual cause, I do not know for certain.
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