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To clear an Android app’s cache, head to Settings > Apps, tap an individual app, and view its storage. Tap the “Clear Cache” button to clear the cache. To clear your Android browser’s cache, open the browser of your choice and look for an option on its settings screen.
Clearing the cache of your Android phone allows you to fix various phone issues and free up your storage space. Cache files are temporary and can be deleted without interrupting your applications. Here’s how to clear your app and browser cache on Android.
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Clear your app cache on Android
You can clear the cache files of installed apps to fix their problems and make room for new apps on your device.
Note: In this guide, we have used a Samsung Galaxy phone for the demo. The steps will vary slightly depending on your phone model, but you will have a general idea of which option to choose.
To get started, launch the Settings app on your Android phone. Then select “Applications.”
On the “Applications” page, next to “Your applications”, choose the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines).
It will now sort your apps by their size so that the largest app appears at the top of the list. Note that this doesn’t necessarily put the app that occupies the largest cache at the top, but it still helps.
In the menu that opens, in the “Sort by” section, choose “Size”. Then, at the bottom, tap “OK.”
From the list of apps on your screen, select the app you want to clear the cache for.
On the app page, scroll down a bit and select “Storage.”
On the “Storage” screen, next to “Cache”, you will see the current cache size for the selected app.
To clear the cache, at the bottom right corner of the screen, tap “Clear Cache.”
Your phone will clear the cache of the selected app without any prompt.
Note: As you start using your apps, they will recreate the cache files to give you a better app experience. You don’t have to clear the cache every day, but it’s a good idea to do so from time to time, especially when you’re having app-related issues.
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Just like other apps, your web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge cache images and site files. These files help improve your browsing experience.
However, if you experience problems with your browser, it’s a good idea to clear your cache. Doing so only removes cached images and other files; your site logins and other elements remain intact.
Clear Chrome cache
Get started by launching Chrome on your Android phone. Then, in the upper right corner of the browser, tap on the three dots and choose “Settings”.
Under “Settings”, select “Privacy and security”.
On the “Privacy and security” page, select “Clear browsing data”.
Now you can select the items you want to delete from your browser.
First, in the “Time range” dropdown menu, choose the time range for which you want to clear the cache.
Then enable the option “Cached images and files” and choose “Clear data”.
Your Chrome cache is now cleared.
Clear firefox cache
Launch Firefox on your Android phone. Then in the top right corner, tap on the three dots and choose “Settings”.
In “Settings”, scroll down and select “Clear browsing data”.
On the “Clear browsing data” page, enable the “Cached images and files” option. Then tap on “Clear browsing data”.
Feel free to enable other options if you want to remove those items from your browser.
Select “Delete” at the prompt.
Firefox has now removed your cached images and files.
Clear Edge cache
Open the Edge browser on your Android phone. Then, in the bottom bar of the browser, tap on the three dots and select “Settings”.
Under “Settings,” choose “Privacy and security.”
On the “Privacy and security” page, select “Clear browsing data”.
You will now see a list of items that you can delete from the browser. Here, tap on the “Time Range” dropdown menu and choose the time range for which you want to clear your cache.
Then enable the option “Cached images and files” and tap on “Clear data”.
Edge will then remove your cached web content.
Now that the cache files are no longer on your Android phone, you will have a little more storage space on your phone. You may even find that your app problems are gone.
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