I installed this app and I was shocked to notice that a uninstall+reinstall didn’t erase any custom data. It didn’t ask me to login to my Google account or storage permission, how could it keep the app data after uninstall+reinstall?

  • CameronDev@programming.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    When you say internal storage, do you mean the user accessible storage? Or the /data directory? The /data directory is not normally user accessible, but it is where apps store stuff. Those folders may not get wiped when you uninstall the app.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      When you uninstall an app its relative android/data directory will be deleted by the system.

      My phone is rooted (so I can explore it) and I never encountered an app that leaves data in /data after deletion.

      It might leave data in Android/media of the user does tick the checkbox to leave application data, but it’s not the case of this app