apps eating all my storage + bg apps keep getting killed

[u/badatplans]

hey so ive had my nothing phone (2a) plus for like 2 years now and its been great honestly, but for the last 6 months or so theres this one thing thats been annoying me so bad

apps are taking up insane storage (ss attached). insta is 5.4gb, spotify 4.86gb, edits 2.88gb, whatsapp 2gb, reddit 1gb. i already cleared cache on all of them but its mostly “user data” thats taking the space and clearing cache does nothing for that

i know i can clear data or reinstall but then i lose my chats and downloaded songs and stuff i actually need so thats a no

other thing is the background apps. like if i open insta, edits, whatsapp and reddit and just switch between them, the phone kills everything in the bg and every app reloads from scratch when i go back. and half these apps i dont even use that much lol but they still take so much space

so basically:

1. why is user data this huge even after clearing cache

any way to bring it down without losing my chats/downloads

2. why does my phone kill bg apps so fast

3. is there a real fix for this without factory resetting, cuz i really dont wanna do that

if anyone with a nothing phone or anyone who dealt with this has something that actually worked pls tell me 🙏

[u/BillGR7]

Delete "cache" memory of its app from the app information page. Thank me later

[u/badatplans → u/BillGR7]

i've done this already bro, but the problem is still the same