Your IPhone is a handheld powerhouse, but it's not immune to a little overpowered. After all, how many websites do you surf through every day? Even behemoths like the New iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max can get bogged down if you don't optimize them. One of the easiest maintenance tasks is clearing your iPhone cache each month.
Believe me, I understand. We all have a laundry list of things to remember each month. Pay your rent or mortgage. Give your home a more thorough cleaning than the weekly one. Talk to the person you wanted to talk to last month. These little tasks add up, making them easy to forget about. However, this is such a small task that you can do it in seconds after reading this guide.
Whether you're browsing Chrome , Safari or elsewhere on your iPhone, your cache builds up digital clutter over time. Clearing your cache will restart your browser, which can speed up your browsing, whether you're using iOS 15 or iOS 16 . (And if you're trying to make your phone run faster, try managing the memory on your iPhone .)
Chrome is another popular browser for iPhone users. The overall process to clear your Chrome cache requires a few more steps, and you'll have to do things through the Chrome browser itself. Here is how.
1. Open the Chrome App.
2. Select the three dots at the bottom right to open more options.
3. Scroll up and select from settings.
4. Select privacy and security in the next menu.
5. Then select Clear browser data to open a final menu.
6. Select the desired period in the menu above (from "Last hour" to "Total time").
7. Make sure cookies, site data is selected, along with cached images and files. Finally strike browser data clear at the bottom of the screen.
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How to clear your iPhone cache in Firefox
If you're a firefox devotee, don't worry about it. Clearing the cache on your iPhone is pretty simple. Just follow these steps.
1. Click on the hamburger menu in the lower right corner to open options.
2. Select settings at the bottom of the menu.
3. Selecting data management in data protection.
4. You can select Website Data to delete data for individual sites or select Delete Private Data at the bottom of the screen to delete data from all selected fields.
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What happens when you clear the cache?
Clearing your cache removes website data that your phone has stored locally to avoid having to download that data each time you visit again. The data in your cache builds up over time and can slow things down if it becomes too bulky or outdated. (When I checked, my phone had about 150 MB of data stored in Chrome.) Clearing them can restart websites, which can fix some loading errors and speed up your browser. However, clearing the cache also logs you out of sites, so be prepared to log back in to everything.
How often do I need to clear my cache?
Most people only need to clear their caches every month or two. This is generally the point where your browser builds up a cache large enough to slow things down. If you visit a large number of websites, you are more likely to make the mistake of clearing your cache more often.
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