How To Clear Cache On iPhone and iPad
Clear your Safari, Chrome or Firefox App Cache on iPhone or iPad
Depending on which application is your daily browser of choice, you will have to use several methods to clean up the leftovers of your more recent web surfing.
1. Safari users should open up the Settings applications and scroll down to the Safari settings. In this menu, you must scroll down to look for 'Clear History and Website Data'. Confirm this option, and Safari would remove everything.
2. While you're here, you can also click on 'Block All Cookies' to prevent your cache from filling back up with the junk that you do not need.
3. Another option is to go over to Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Safari > Website Data. This would show which websites currently have files downloaded into your cache, which includes how much individual space that they take up. You can swipe left to delete the individual sites or tap on 'Remove All Website Data' to clear them all out.
Clear Cache for Chrome and Firefox Users
For Chrome and Firefox users, you will need to go into those applications to look for the necessary settings to clear your cache.
In Chrome, scroll up to make the bottom navigation tab come up, then tap the '...', and click on History. Tap the red 'Clear Browsing Data' section and Chrome would now allow you to delete any or all of the following: browsing history, cookies, site data, cached images and files, saved passwords, or other autofill data (such as addresses). Toggle your choices and choose the 'Clear Browsing Data' again to finish everything.
In Firefox, tap on the three parallel lines in the bottom tab and click on Settings. Go to Privacy > Data Management; from there, you can individually or globally clear your Website Data, or you can clear any of the following private data: browsing history, cookies, cache, tracking protection, offline website data, or your downloaded files.
Clear Cache for Third-party Apps on iPhone or iPad
Certain third-party applications have their own built-in browser that can cache data files. We can not possibly run through the method for every third-party iPhone application, but some of them do have a useful tool in the iPhone Settings application.
From the main Settings menu, scroll down to the long alphabetical list of third-party application and choose the application in question. At the bottom of the applications settings, you may see an option to 'Reset Cache on Next Launch'. This option would temporarily wash away the junk you do not need.
If you do not see this option in the applications settings and most do not have it you will need to find its own in-app settings menu.
Delete and Reinstall Apps
Your final resort for a bloated application or software with no clear way of removing its cache would be to delete then reinstall the application in question.
Go over to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and click on any application. You will see how much of its storage space is in Documents & Data, versus the application itself.
Normally we would recommend that you offload older apps, which would remove the app but keeps your saved data for later. In this case the saved data is the problem, and deleting the app fully is your best recourse.
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