If your iPhone or iPad is showing full storage and you need to fill it up with your favorite applications don’t worry. You can clear some of your space by deleting cache data of cookies you use on your phone. How to clear the cache on iPhone and iPad is important to know if you are facing slow speed or want to have more storage.
Are you wondering what this cache data means?
Cached data is stored in your phone memory whenever you visit a website the first time. It could be in the form of images, scripts, files, or multimedia. These cached files initially speed things up when you visit the website again but fill up your gadget’s storage space.
Clearing this cached data will boost up the speed of your iPhone or iPad however it can be tricky to find and clear it.
For this, we can help you to clear cached data, history and cookies and increase the speed of iPhones and iPad.
iPhone & iPad: How to Clear the cache of web browser
Steps to clear cache data of safari on iPhone & iPad
It’s relatively easy to clean cache data of safari on iPhone you just have to follow simple steps
- Open the settings bar of your iPhone or iPad
- In the app, list find and click on safari
- You will get the option of ‘ clear history and website data, click that
- A popup button will appear on your screen. Select ‘ clear history and website data
Here you go.
Steps to clear cache data of chrome on iPhone & iPad
It’s little bit difficult to clean cached data of chrome on your iPhone or iPad, these steps will make it simpler for you:
- Open chrome application
- You will find three dots on bottom right corner
- Select settings
- Click on privacy option
- Just select ‘clear browsing data ‘and then ‘clear all’
- On the popup again select clear all
Wow, that’s done.
Steps to Clear cached data of third-party apps on iPhone & iPad
Third-party apps also fill up the storage of your mobile phone by accumulating cache data. Clearing it varies from developer to developer.
- Open the main settings menu on your iPhone, scroll down and select third-party apps
- Select the app of your choice
- Select ‘reset cache on next launch’
How to delete and reinstall applications where the cache can not be cleared through normal steps on iPhone & iPad
Few apps cached data cannot be cleared in this way. Then you just have to find out which app is using the highest storage space on your iPhone or iPad and uninstall it.
Follow these steps to delete and re-install applications where the cache data can not be cleaned through normal steps:-
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad
- Tap general
- Click iPhone storage
- A list of all your apps will appear, find out which app is using maximum space on your iPhone
- Uninstall that app
If you again want to use this app reinstall it on your mobile phone. It won’t occupy an unnecessary amount of space now.
Reboot your iPhone/ iPad
It is essential to reset or restart your iPhone or iPad if it is working slowly. Sometimes your phone store unnecessary information in its local storage
Resetting of phone or just restarting it will clear this information and your iPhone start working properly.
Conclusion
No one likes a slow device, so if your iPhone or iPad is running slowly clear all the cached data and files to optimize its function.