Force-Stopping Apps

Just a general question to those who know how the OS works: 
How safe is it to continuously force-stop an application while trying to deal with a problem? 
I have been trying to fix this Album issue and, in order to do that, I have tried multiple solutions posted online, almost all of which include stopping Media Storage and clearing its data. With it being a system app, how sure can I be that I can keep killing it as many times as I need without damaging something essential? 
The question can be extended to other apps, as well. 
How safe is it to randomly kill apps and erase their data? May it have long-term consequences for the performance of the device? 
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Thank you very much for your reply!  
I got concerned because I was repeating the same cycle of actions several times, ending up force-stoppng Media Storage 5 or 6 times. I sincerely hope it's not going to do any damage... 

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