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I am running out of space in my SD card on Android ICS and I noticed that a huge file "System data" is taking up to 500MB. Is this normal? How can I reduce its size?

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Could you quote the exact error message? And no, I wouldn't consider it normal, be it just for the question "What do system data have do do on the SD card?" In case "System data" doesn't stand for a file name: Did you possibly install some "big app" on your SD card? (Could be meaning App2SD-related stuff then) – Izzy Aug 3 '12 at 8:03
Furthermore, what is the precise file path to that file? Odds are, you can just delete it, since no real system data is actually saved in /sdcard/ -- Its probably just a poor translation.... – rm-vanda Aug 15 '12 at 21:52
is the folder "/sdcard/android/"? That is the folder that is the recommended path for applications to store additional data to the sdcard. – Ryan Conrad Jan 7 at 2:38

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I have never seen such a file on ICS.

You could simply try to move the file to your PC and see if everything works. I think it's pretty safe to do so, because critical system files are usually not placed on the SD card.

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