When using many different Android apps, a native file chooser is displayed to allow the user to select a file to process.
For example, in the well-regarded Privacy Browser web browser, visiting the VirusTotal website and then pressing the Choose file button on that site will invoke this file chooser GUI.
I noticed, on Samsung Android Nougat devices, many of the files listed in the Downloads folder were deleted over a year ago, but are still being presented as current options by the file chooser.
How can one clear the history of this native file chooser?
When clearing it, are there any undesirable side-effects?
Aboutmenuitem, or any indication if it is from Google or Samsung. Carefully going through all apps in Settings > Apps (with system apps shown) does not immediately reveal what is actually providing that file chooser GUI. – RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket Nov 13 '20 at 9:40Show system appsenabled) shows nothing that I find relevant, which is odd. – RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket Nov 13 '20 at 9:42com.android.documentsui, but doing so (unsurprisingly) had no effect. I'm thinking of clearing its data next. Will doing so result in any data loss of stored files? – RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket Nov 13 '20 at 9:50