As an important system process on your Android gadget, Media Storage should be enabled all the time.

Disabling it may make your Android gear malfunction and cause data loss.

ThisMiniToolpost will show you how to deal with these issues.

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What Is Media Storage on Android?

Media Storage is a system process on your Android rig.

Since it is a system service, you cant see it on your Android phone desktop.

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Then, where is Android Media Storage?

How can you access it?

Next, we will show you how to access Media Storage on your Android unit:

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Media Storage

Unlock your Android unit.

Go toSettings > Apps > Apps.

Search forMedia Storageusing the search box.

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Then, Android will only show you Media Storage.

TapMedia Storageto access it and you will see the following interface.

it’s possible for you to use these options to modify the options according to your requirements.

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In this post, we will mainly talk about these options:DISABLE, FORCE STOP, andStorage.

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How to Enable Media Storage on Android?

If you disable Media Storage on Android, your Android machine will be in trouble.

To make it go back to normal, it’s crucial that you enable Media Storage on Android.

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you’ve got the option to use the same method that is mentioned above to access Media Storage.

Then, you will see theEnablebutton instead.

you better click it to enable Media Storage.

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After that, you still need to reboot your Android gear to make everything revert to its normal state.

Here is a suitable situation.

If you receive theunfortunately app has stoppederror, you could tap the FORCE STOP button to force stop it.

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you’re able to also use other options to modify the configs according to your requirements.

Is it safe and reliable to do this?

After tapingCLEAR CACHE, the temporary files generated by your Android app will be deleted.

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You may delete them by mistake or they are gone because you disable Media Storage accidentally.

Then, you may want to recover these missing files if they are important to you.

In the following part, we will show you how to restore your lost files using different methods.

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How to Retrieve Lost Android Files That Are Deleted by Mistake?

We will show you some methods to get your lost Android files back.

you’ve got the option to select a suitable one based on your actual situation.

There are two situations: recover data from Android SD card and restore files from Android internal storage.

Remove your Android SD card from the gear.

Insert it to a card reader and then connect the card reader to your setup.

Open MiniTool Power Data Recovery and you will directly access theThis PCinterface.

To recover data from an SD card, you gotta switch to theRemovable DiskDrivemodule.

Then, you might find that your SD card is displayed on the software interface.

Here, we suggest scanning the whole card at a time.

It will take some minutes to finish the whole scanning process.

you better wait until the whole process ends.

Then, this software will show you the scan results.

By default, the scan results are listed by path.

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it’s possible for you to use these recovered files immediately.

Now, it’s possible for you to press the following button to get this freeware.

When the scanning process ends, the software will show you the scan results.

you’re able to find your needed Android file and then select them to recover.

Besides, theRecover from SD-Cardmodule of this software is designed to recover data from Android SD card.

you’re free to clear data and cache in Media Storage on Android.

But, you should not disable Android Media Storage because it may cause data loss.

Besides, this article also shows you how to recover your missing Android data with special data recovery software.

We hope these two programs can help you get your lost data back.

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Android Media Storage FAQ