Question How to clear up Internal Storage Space on Android Phone - Or do I need to?

[Fred Wax Bean Lasagna]

I have a Motorola Moto e6 XT2005DL phone running Android 9 (I guess a dinosaur at this point), but it is great for my use, and I don't feel the need to buy a new phone every other year.

I installed a micro SD card with plenty of storage space (128 GB) and designated it as internal storage (so the apps will be installed on the SD card etc.) No need to worry about storage space forever! (I don't store large amounts of data, pics, videos, documents on the phone anyway)

however, I just had a little icon pop up telling me that I'm running out of internal storage (might have said internal shared storage, can't remember) and that some apps might not run right etc. When I looked up online what to do about it, the 1st suggestion was to start deleting apps that I don't need, however if those apps are installed on the micro SD card what's the point? I have 97.22 GB of free storage left.

Much of the confusion is internal storage vs internal shared storage. My phone tells me that internal storage is 96 GB free, so what should I do, if anything, to free up internal shared storage?

Should I just ignore the warning? When I click on the settings/storage/internal shared storage/ I scroll down to "other apps", and it takes me to Apps Storage. I started selecting apps, 1 by 1, and clearing cache, but it didn't really do anything to free up internal shared storage.
I don't know what I'm talking about..... hence I'm here asking

 

[Fred Wax Bean Lasagna]

So I emptied my recycle bin of the photos, and the free space of the internal shared storage increased slightly. So now I'm a bit more confused. I am assuming that all photos and videos are default stored on the micro sd card, because they appear in the DCIM folder when I plug my phone into my computer, (allowing easy transfer of photos to computer) but when I delete photos and videos on my phone, they go into the recycle bin on the internal shared storage of the phone? My head hurts.

 

[CParsons]

Don't worry about it. You're clearly not running out of room. Motorola phones have a tendency to alert you of nonsense stuff just to simply highlight the features. If you really feel compelled to clean things up, download SD Maid and run it every few days to clean your data caches and app caches - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.sdmse&hl=en-US. You can use that portion free, don't need to pay.