METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210026807A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US16966992

    申请日:2019-02-13

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing data associated with an application that is not used in an electronic device. The electronic device may comprise instructions by which: at least one application program is downloaded from an external server through a communication circuit; at least one application program is installed in the electronic device; a file system is provided and is configured to store, in at least one first area of a non-volatile memory, at least one file used by the at least one application program; metadata, which is associated with at least one file, is stored in at least one second area of a non-volatile memory by using a file system, wherein the metadata includes information of the at least one application program; at least one application program is deleted from the electronic device; and at least one file is deleted on the basis of at least a part of the metadata during deletion or after deletion of the at least one application program.

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