Samsung’s long-kept mystery has finally been resolved in One UI 8, with the Other Files folder becoming accessible in My Files.

While exploring your phone’s internal storage through the My Files app, you may have noticed a folder named Other Files, which you can’t access. Samsung has always kept it inaccessible, but One UI 8 quietly brings a major change.

While One UI 8 opens up access to Other Files, Samsung used to feature a dedicated blog post for consumer awareness. The post highlights key facts about the Other Files, such as what they contain and how to clear the data.

Per Samsung, “the ‘Other Files’ folder stores data from apps you have installed on your Galaxy device. It includes items such as system files, cached data, and temporary files that do not fall into any other storage categories.”

It wasn’t directly deletable in One UI versions up to One UI 7. Meanwhile, the latest finding by Aptivi revealed that One UI 8 allows users to easily access the Other Files folder, but the option to delete the stored files isn’t here.

Here’s how you can access the Other files folder on your Samsung device:

• Settings > Device care > Storage > Show more > Other files
• My Files > Manage storage > Show more > Other files

Credit – Aptivi

Previously, it couldn’t be opened due to system limitations. However, One UI 8 brings a major change, making it accessible to users and categorizing the content into three categories:

1. Invisible backups
2. Pending files
3. Uncategorized files

The Invisible backups section keeps the majority of backup files temporarily you which helps you revert to the previous edition. The Pending files tab lets you check the details for files that are pending processing in an app. You may notice files that were not fully uploaded, downloaded, moved, or deleted yet. Files that were not classified by the My Files app are shown inside the Uncategorized section.

Still, it’s a welcome move that Samsung has made to the My Files app. We may see more improvements in this particular section in the One UI 8.5 and One UI 9.

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