Solved! Messages app taking up 800mb with little files

[httpAbbey]

Hiya!

My Messages app (the one installed with the phone) takes up 795.9mb of my storage. However, I only have 2 conversations with no images or large files attached. When I go into Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Messages, all sections of Documents & Data have Zero KB in them, so there's no data for me to delete!

Surely the stock messages app shouldn't take up nearly a gig when apps like Facebook Messenger take up a fraction of that when I have lots of conversations on there.

Apologies if I'm missing something glaringly obvious, it's just frustrating when you have 16gb and 1gb is taken by an app you can't remove!

Info?
iPhone 6, iOS 12.2

 

[helpstar]

Did you check all of these? It´s ios11 but should be equal
https://www.jilaxzone.com/2017/08/1...-how-you-can-do-it-hint-delete-your-messages/

 

[httpAbbey]

@helpstar Yes I have, it shows Zero KB for every section.

 

[helpstar]

the only other thing I can think of is using icloud or resetting the phone, but this will remove personal data as well.