Android build issue - persistent old save files

Target Platforms Mobile
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Hi there,

I’m currently having an issue with an android build of my game.

We are using EasySave3 from the asset store to save our game data to “…/Android/data/MyGameName/files/” on the android device. Each time we re-install new version of the game, old save files keep immediately reappearing here. We have confirmed that this is not an issue with the asset.

This is a walkthrough of the issue.

  1. We build our game to .apk, copy it to android, install, play and allow the game to make a save.
  2. We delete storage/cache from the android menu then uninstall.
  3. We make changes in the editor, and rebuild the apk and reinstall to android.
  4. The save file from the previous build immediately reappears in the directory without even opening the newly installed game.

Does anyone know why this might be happening? Are these files hidden and not actually deleted? Or is there some kind of cloud behaviour happening on the android side where old files are being reinstated?

Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know what additional info would be helpful to solving this.

Many thanks,
Rich.

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