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I have recently uninstalled Economist. According to Settings -> Apps, it was taking up ca. 530Mb in data (from the internal memory). After uninstalling, I did not get that space freed.

Is there any way to reclaim that space, without installing any utility app? I have seen Clean Master is mentioned a few times. I am not certain who of those mentioning it actually tried it, successfully; and it seems to be quite annoying.

I cannot root the phone.

Related, but not providing an answer:

I uninstalled an app,but did not clear space

Manage files left by uninstalled apps?

Why my phone is always out of space recently, but I didn't install any new software (I tried
$adb shell
su -c "du /data" | sort -n
but my shell doesn't have su)

Completely uninstall an app on Lollipop

Why doesn't uninstalling an app free all the space it had used?

How can I reclaim space used by the defaul email client (I reinstalled The Economist, to see if Settings -> Apps reported again the same occupied space, so I could Clear Data from there; but not it shows a mere 15Mb of data).

spy / invisible file occupying 4gb+ space in internal storage

Space deleted but not reclaimed for re-use

What else is occupying my android phone's internal space

sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio
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    You don't need to install any cleaners, they can't free space fro you except clearing apps' caches. That you can do yourself too. Android's package manager itself deletes all files related to an app when it's uninstalled. But sometimes the space usage is not updated immediately, even sometimes until restart. However, there is no way to verify how much space an app is actually taking without rooting phone: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/216132/218526 – Irfan Latif Nov 11 '19 at 00:00
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    Try SD Maid, in my view best possible option. Been using for years. Corpse finder option in that specifically targets your need. Without root ss @IrfanLatif said, no way – beeshyams Nov 11 '19 at 04:17
  • @beeshyams - Thanks. I did not understand... does SD Maid need root or not? – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 11 '19 at 12:01
  • @IrfanLatif - I am certain the space I am talking about was never recovered. I would have noticed 500Mb+ space. – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 11 '19 at 12:02
  • @sancho.sReinstateMonica right. But (un)fortunately no app including SDMaid can scan outside /sdcard without root access. Actual app space usage is in /data partition. See given link for explanation. If the app can explore files or provides commandline access, you can see exact size of only its self owned files in /data/app, /data/data and other directories. – Irfan Latif Nov 11 '19 at 12:06
  • SD maid can work with /without root. As @IrfanLatif made it clear , you can't expect full results without root but since your device isn't rooted SD maid can reclaim what it can. Recommended that based on reputation of app + my experience// Ah, I see the confusion now, sorry for the typo for "ss" read 'as" in my first comment – beeshyams Nov 11 '19 at 12:14
  • Just out of curiosity, is there anything in /sdcard/Android/obb? – Grimoire Nov 12 '19 at 20:00
  • @beeshyams - @IrfanLatif mentioned that no app can scan outside /sdcard without rooting. Would you agree? – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 12 '19 at 22:28
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    Yes. @IrfanLatif knows what he is talking about – beeshyams Nov 13 '19 at 02:09
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    @beeshyams sir I'm honored. @sancho.sReinstateMonica /sdcard is actually /data/media/0. So by "outside /sdcard" I meant in /data partition. Apps can scan or access other partitions partially or fully including /system and /vendor. – Irfan Latif Nov 13 '19 at 03:18
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    @beeshyams - Thanks. I was not clear from your answer whether you meant that specifically or not. – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 13 '19 at 15:51
  • @IrfanLatif - Thanks, will try and post feedback. – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 13 '19 at 15:51
  • @DeathMaskSalesman - In /sdcard/Android/obb I have a few dirs, like com.avast.android.cleaner, com.facebook.katana, ... – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 15 '19 at 13:15
  • @beeshyams - Is SD Maid also ok for files in the internal memory? (The name SD may be misleading then) – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Nov 15 '19 at 13:37
  • oh, yes, the name hasn't got any bearing – beeshyams Nov 15 '19 at 13:38

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