The cache can be a big problem for the storage of our iPhone over time. It is important to carry out maintenance every so often in order to eliminate these files that only occupy valuable space on our iPhone. In this article we explain how you can easily remove it.
What is the cache
The cache or the buffer memory is a system of hardware or software that allows saving data for future requests. In this way, an application when it is started can load much faster and shows us information that we had recorded in the last start. The negative is that this cache is being stored without any type of control since it is only increasing. This is why we must keep doing maintenance in order to eliminate it.
The problem is that by deleting this cache we will see how the application or website starts in a slower way and the screen or the previous login will not be saved. It is typical to have a session started on Twitter and that when clearing the cache we have to start this session again.
Clear Safari cache
The browser of our iPhone and iPad is undoubtedly one of the largest cache generators since we use it daily several times. This is why we must clear the cache every so often if we need space on our computer. This maintenance task can be performed on different occasions. In one of them you will delete both the cache and the browsing history , and you simply have to follow the following steps:
- Enter Settings and head to the ‘Safari’ section near the end.
- We go down a little and click on ‘Clear history and website data’.
- We will confirm the action through the pop-up message that will appear on the screen.
In the event that you want to keep your browsing history on all your computers, it is possible to delete only the browsing data. The process can be somewhat more cumbersome but it is still extremely simple since you only have to add a few extra steps. Specifically, the steps to follow are the following:
- Enter Settings and head to the ‘Safari’ section near the end.
- At the bottom you will see ‘Advanced’ where you must press and then the first section called ‘Website data’.
- Once all the data is loaded, we will see the amount of cache that each of the websites stores.
- Click on ‘Delete all data’ at the end.
In this way we guarantee that the data of our web history is not touched, something that can be somewhat annoying.
Clear cache of third-party apps
But not only can the web browser end up storing a lot of junk in the form of files, third-party applications do too. The problem is that the system to eliminate the cache of these applications from the local file is to eliminate the application completely. To do so, simply follow these steps:
- Go to Settings> General.
- Go to ‘iPhone Storage’.
- If you download, you will find all the applications you have downloaded and their weight.
- Enter the application from which you want to delete the cache.
- Click on ‘Delete app’.
This way the application is completely removed and you will have to reinstall it. This is the process that must always be followed to eliminate all the traces that exist on the application on the iPhone. If we uninstall an app by pressing and holding the icon on the home screen, all these temporary ‘junk’ files are preserved. That is why in this list you will see at the end that there are some applications that you do not have installed on the iPhone but that are still present through different temporary files.
