The longer a smartphone's system works, the more unnecessary files accumulate in its memory. If all this junk in the form of temporary data is not promptly removed, it can take up gigabytes of operational space on the device. It's easy to remove all of this yourself.
What can the accumulation of information garbage lead to:
- overload of the device due to lack of memory;
- inability to save important information, photos and videos;
- difficulty playing audio recordings and games;
- slowing down the speed of the machine in interactive mode.
Where to begin?
It is necessary to start clearing the gadget's memory by deleting temporary information that was saved automatically after visiting online resources. If we take the standard Safari gateway used as a working browser, the update procedure will look like this:
- You need to go from the work panel to the "Settings" category.
- Scroll through the list of issued items to the "Safari" application.
- After activating the window, scroll down the column to the visible settings menu.
- Select the position of cleaning history and sites.
- From the main desktop, go to the "Settings" application.
- Confirm the action being taken in a pop-up window.
Knowing how applications are on the iPhone, you will be able to control the process at any convenient time. In this case, the active sections of the menu change the color from blue to gray, which indicates the release of space in the device's memory.
Removing and updating unnecessary applications
Basic information is in the social media identifier. Considering that the applications "VKontakte", "Facebook", "Instagram", "Odnoklassniki" and other social resources are gaining more and more users every day, it is worth paying special attention to this moment.
On these sites, users no longer do with standard correspondence. Increasingly, they use the options for listening and downloading audio recordings, videos, photo content. Accordingly, the repository collects so much information that the most perfect system sometimes cannot digest. First, let's look at two main ways to clear the cache on an iPhone.
Manual processing
Some applications have a special cleaning option in their settings. Thanks to them, the user can clear the device memory without deleting the application itself. To start the function, go to the "Settings" section and select the "Clear cache" box.
Video and audio players provide the ability to delete unnecessary information directly from the desktop interface.
How to clear cache on iPhone 5S by reinstalling programs?
This procedure is performed step by step in the following order:
- select a menu item in the settings called "Basic parameters";
- then in the "Statistics" section the item "Storage" is clicked;
- in the window that opens, you need to study the list of applications, next to each of which information will be displayed about the amount of RAM "eaten" by it.
After selecting the desired program, you can see the disk space it occupies. After selecting the required application, it should be uninstalled and then reinstalled. This makes it possible to get rid of unnecessary information contained in the program.
Using special utilities
Another option for how to clear the cache on iPhone 5 is to use special utilities. There are several of them on the Internet, both paid and free. For example, let's take the Phone Clean program, which has a simple and intuitive interface. The phone should be connected to the computer, then run the utility through the system scan window (Start Scan button). After the check, the program will find unnecessary files that must also be deleted.
It is necessary to perform a forced reboot of the operating system more often. During this procedure, some are eliminated, which makes it possible to get additional free space in the device's memory. To do this, you need to hold down the power button and the Home key at the same time, holding them until the display shows an image in the form of a bitten apple (Apple logo).
Another way to clear the cache in an iPhone is to reinstall applications that take up a lot of disk space. These include:
- Viber.
- "VatsAp".
- Facebook and other social networks.
To free up the smartphone memory, you should delete the application data and reinstall it via the App Store.
You can also increase memory by resetting all iPhone settings. To do this, you need to back up your device to iTunes or iCloud. Then a full factory reset is performed, deleting all content. In the future, you will need to go through the activation procedure and restore the settings from the reserve. Such cleaning makes it possible to get rid of unnecessary files and applications for a long time.
How do I clear the cache on iPhone 6 using iOS?
Setting up your iOS correctly makes it possible to save a lot of RAM on your device. To do this, you must perform the following manipulations:
- disable improved quality for "Voice Over" (Voice Over);
- deactivate and restart the Siri application;
- remove syncing for unnecessary information in iCloud;
- do not enable the photo stream option;
- reconfigure by deleting email accounts;
- turn off unused applications in the Spotlight add-on;
- remove the custom dictionary function;
- do not save files of photo and video format in "Messages";
- clean up the album with deleted pictures and photos;
- remove the preservation of the originals of the received media files in the device;
- shoots videos in Full HD instead of 4K;
- remove unused language systems;
- sync your phone with iTunes.
The actions taken will help to optimize the loading and storage of various information without additional cleaning of memory.
Conclusion
Above, it was discussed how to clear the cache on "iPhone 4" and other models. By and large, different versions of Apple's gadgets have an almost identical structure in terms of RAM, information storage, downloading and deleting files. The above tips will work for any device modification.
There are several ways to clear the cache, you can choose the one that works best for you. Judging by the reviews, it is difficult to name the best method for freeing memory. Some options provide an opportunity to quickly and free of charge to clear space, while others require the installation of special programs, and not always free. This procedure should not be ignored, since a clogged "RAM" degrades the performance of the device and significantly limits the ability to download and exchange data.
Despite the reliability and performance of iOS even on not the latest models of iPhone, iPad and iPod, a few months or a little over a year after the last flashing of Apple gadgets, a lot of system "garbage" accumulates on them, significantly reducing the performance of the operating system.
The essence of the problem of system "garbage" on Apple mobile devices
System "junk" is temporary user data files used by an application installed from the App Store. The problem of uncontrolled growth in the number of unnecessary files on mobile devices has existed since the days of the first Nokia and Samsung smartphones running on the Symbian operating system, which goes back to the first versions of Windows for PCs. Any modern operating system, in addition to user history, has its own registry and system folder, similar to the \ Registry and \ Windows directories in the Windows system, in which it writes system and user settings. The app, which has been thoroughly tested by experts from the App Store, completely removes all its "tails" from the iOS system.
If you download an application from the official App Store service, you can be sure that it will not leave "garbage" after itself in the phone's memory
Unverified "sponsored" programs of dubious origin do not pass this rigorous test and can get on the iPhone when the device's protection against installing programs from dubious sources is disabled, but this is a very rare case.
Methods to remove system junk from iPhone
The methods for cleaning iPhone from unnecessary data are as follows:
- resetting the user history in the settings of the application itself;
- deleting unnecessary data from the iOS settings in the general settings corresponding to this application;
- reinstalling (uninstalling and reinstalling) an application suspected of clogging up free space on the iPhone;
- general reset iOS;
- delete unnecessary user files using jailbreak capabilities or custom version of iOS.
Clearing the cache of standard iOS applications
Standard iPhone applications are the minimum set of system programs included with the firmware (iOS version). Clearing the Safari browser history is taken as an example. Do the following:
Likewise, you can clear other data, for example, information about the calls made / received, read SMS / MMS messages and letters, voice recorders, notes and much more - something that you did not bother to clear your iPhone memory from before.
Clearing the cache of third-party applications obtained from the App Store
If you have a lot of useful applications on your iPhone, it will not be difficult to clear the cache of each of them, since you know them by heart. For example, the Zello radio application is taken. Do the following:
- Launch Zello, wait for the application to establish connection with the server and go to the settings of this application. If Internet access is limited (it is not on the SIM card or there is no Wi-Fi / Bluetooth connection), Zello settings will be available.
Wait for the connection with the Zello server to be established
- Select "Options".
The transition to the general settings of Zello is in the bottom menu item
- Go to the management of the history of received voice messages and pictures sent via Zello.
Go to the "History" section, which contains commands for managing the history of messages
- The history displays the categories of content accepted in Zello. Clean them up.
You can delete the entire message history at once or do it by content category
- Confirm to delete the history of voice messages.
The selected files will be deleted from the phone only after your confirmation, because it will be impossible to restore them later.
This removes not only the history of messages and pictures, and not only the content from the Zello application. You can clear the cache of almost any iOS app.
An example is the Office application Documents 5, which, in addition to a browser, includes a "reader" of books and documents and a player. Documents 5 stores many files and folders created and uploaded from the Internet by the user himself. They can be removed using the algorithm described above.
Manual (selective) clearing the iPhone cache
The same Safari browser can serve as an example. To selectively clear its cache, do the following:
In the latest versions of iOS (starting with 9.x), the Safari password storage subsystem has flexible control. Selective deletion will work with any application - usually the "Change", "Edit" or similar button appears in the lists of cleared data in iOS - click on it, select the necessary entries and give the "Delete" command (or click on the trash can icon).
Removing the cache along with its application from iOS
Are you tired of the previous method? Tired of digging into the history of any of the applications? Uninstall and reinstall your program.
- Hold the icon of the program you want to reinstall on the iOS desktop. The icons of the rest of the programs will begin to swing - the deleted one will have a cross-shaped marker.
When you hold down the application icon, a delete marker appears on it
- Click on it - the iOS system will ask you to erase the application from the iPhone memory, confirm your intentions.
Confirm your desire to completely remove the application from your phone
- Go to your App Store client application.
Launch the App Store app
- Re-download the application you just removed.
Download and install the app you just removed
The application has been reinstalled, its cache has been cleared. The iPhone memory is now freer.
Video: how to clear memory on iPhone and iPad from "trash" without third-party programs
Hard reset iOS
A full reset is akin to flashing an iPhone from scratch - this is the most radical way to clear the cache of a gadget. After a full iOS reset, you need to reactivate the iPhone and reinstall all applications, restore the iPhone from a backup using iTunes or the iCloud service. Therefore, before proceeding to the next step, prepare your iCloud account details - without them, you will not be able to return your iPhone to a working state. Then follow these steps:
Video: Hard Reset iPhone
Clearing iPhone RAM
The RAM cache (RAM cache, RAM Cache) is a private working set of a RAM resource used for various applications. It should be significantly less than the total (hardware) memory size. If in the course of your actions (processing high-resolution video, "cluttering" with dozens of open applications, etc.) the cache size approaches its limit, the operating system will start to "dull" and "freeze", and when the limit is reached, the processor Will "get up" and further work on the gadget will be impossible.
Modern operating systems restart automatically when they freeze... For Windows, this is a "blue screen of death" or a total overload of PC resources without responding to keyboard presses and mouse clicks, for Android and iOS - an instant reboot, as would happen on a PC when you press the Reset button on the system unit.
In the case of Android, for example, an emergency launch of the Recovery console is possible. The iOS operating system will not display anything that it has “behind the scenes” - it will just start up normally. But if the current version of iOS has a jailbreak, it is possible to launch the iPhone in ReSpringBoard mode (iOS desktop without screensavers and backgrounds, and iOS itself - with minimal animation of windows, icons and menus or without it at all).
After freezing, iOS with jailbreak can restart in a special mode with a minimum of graphics and animations
Easy Way to Reset iPhone RAM
To quickly clear the RAM on your iPhone, press and hold the shutdown button on your device until the soft shutdown slider appears. Then release it - and hold the Home button until the display shows the iOS desktop.
You will notice that the device is working much faster. All open applications will reload their data again. So, the Safari browser (and any other installed on the iPhone) will update all the pages currently open, and what you entered (text, logins and passwords, site addresses) will be erased: it depends on the browser's ability to restore "unfinished »In open but reloaded tabs.
Clearing the RAM cache on iPhone using third-party apps
There are dozens of applications for clearing the RAM cache. For example, one of them is taken - RAM Monitor. It displays the currently free RAM (a private free set of RAM). You can also find out its real size - for example, for the iPhone 4s it is 504 MB (with the declared 512). Do the following:
Applications will start, switch and work faster, but all sessions of the currently open applications will be reset - this means that the data buffer has been cleared, ensuring their performance and consistent work.
In general, the RAM buffer in Apple's technique is well planned. Outdated temporary files that are no longer needed for work are promptly removed from the RAM cache. Express unloading is needed when there is not enough RAM for the current task. This does not apply to message history, file downloads and site visits, autocomplete (names, passwords, keywords and phrases), content elements of visited pages (JavaScript and Cookies, elements of styles, design, animations and pictures) - all this is stored in ROM -cache (iPhone disk cache).
Clearing iPhone files manually
Cleaning files manually is the most risky and difficult and at the same time the most competent method.... Apparently, you have strong nerves if you decide to illegally get into the system records of the iPhone. In this case, the requirements for you are as follows:
- knowledge of the file organization of iOS and the structure of system and user folders in the iPhone;
- knowledge of the structure of the iOS system service files (this requirement follows from the previous one);
- knowledge and understanding of the format of temporary files, in which data is stored "on the fly", the ability to work with them, edit them;
- jailbreak your current version of iOS (without it, don't even try to get into the C: drive on the iPhone);
- skills in working with text and HEX editors (the latter allow you to edit file data in binary, not text format);
- utmost care and caution.
Knowledge of the syntax of popular programming languages (at least the most basic commands) will greatly help you, in one of which applications for iOS devices are written. This is if you fit into the operating system program code itself. Apple does not approve of such interference, but you honestly paid for your iPhone and are not going to sell its software without prior agreements with Apple.
For example, the iFile app, available on the unofficial Cydia app store, allows you to delete almost any file in the root of your iPhone or iPad's system partition. Sometimes it comes with a simple text editor for working with iPhone service files with the .log extension (and similar ones that have a plain text format).
Using the iFile application on the iPhone, you can work with the file system directly
It must be admitted that digging through files and folders in the internal flash memory of an iPhone is always unsafe. It is for this reason that Apple completely closed the iOS operating system from overly curious brains. Apple experts seem to be telling us: "Without our knowledge and control, do not get into our code - you will be in trouble." One ill-considered move - accidentally deleting / changing one small file - and the iOS system will freeze when you turn on the iPhone, restarting cyclically dozens of times. In these "attempts" it will take 10 or more minutes before the iPhone finally turns on and will work adequately. Be careful when using the iOS jailbreak to manually clean up iPhone files and folders.
Video: How to Quickly Reduce iPhone Cache by 2GB
In fact, programmatically cleaning the iPhone from system junk is not particularly difficult. Which decision to choose is up to you.
Young users of mobile technology sometimes cannot imagine how the owners of cell phones used to get by with 10-20 MB of built-in memory. Rapid technical progress makes measuring the memory of gadgets in completely different categories - the owners do not have time to blink when their 16 built-in gigabytes (!) filled. Android owners are gloatingly rubbing their palms: they are capable of expanding memory using a flash card, which is not available to the iPhone.
Fortunately, you can quickly clear the memory of an Apple device without even resorting to deleting data - here are the most effective methods.
Usually, the Phone user begins to think about how to free up the memory of the gadget, not just - he does not have enough free space to update the operating system or download a popular application from the AppStore. For example, the iOS 8 update weighs from 0.9 to 1.1 GB (depending on the device) - about 7 “free” gigabytes are needed to download a new “operating system” via Wi-Fi. Owners of gadgets have no other way to update at all, except iTunes- but those who are more fortunate with their memory have to start a large-scale "cleaning" of the gallery.
You can check how much memory is required to update iOS by following the path “ Settings» — « The main» — « Software Update". If there is nowhere to update, the gadget will inform you that “ installed the latest software”, And will clarify which version is on the smartphone. If there are available updates, you will see the following information on the screen:
note: iPhone 4 is not updated to iOS 8, because it has only one core, and for the normal functioning of this version, at least two are needed.Version 7.1.2 - limit for iPhone 4 . 4S you can update to iOS 8, however, judging by the reviews, it is better not to do this - the gadget starts to freeze.
Knowing how much memory is required for the update, you can calculate how many gigabytes are missing. To find out which applications uninstalling will give the most effect, follow the path “ Settings» — « The main» — « Statistics". You will be taken to " Storage»:
As an example, you can see that more than half of the occupied memory (and a little less than a third of the total) is accounted for by music - with the parsing of the playlist and the user who wants to "update" should start.
How to clean iPhone from "trash": 7 effective ways
Deleting music and photos is an effective, but still the most common way to clear memory. There are others:
Clearing Safari Browser History
Deleting the browsing history and "cleaning" cookies are operations with which it is worth starting "cleaning" on the iPhone. To clean your browser, follow the instructions:
Step 1. Follow the path " Settings» — « Safari"And look for the items" Clear the history" and " Delete cookies and data».
Step 2. Click " Clear the history”And confirm the operation.
Step 3. Click " Delete cookies and data”And also confirm. Let us clarify that cookie Are text files that make the use of the browser more convenient and personalized. It is thanks to cookies that we, for example, have access to auto-complete logins and passwords. However, for the sake of the correct operation of the gadget, cookies can be sacrificed.
Step 4... In the submenu Safari go to " Supplements", Then - in" Site data". If the data is null (as in the picture below), you can be sure that the browser is cleared.
The more an iPhone user surfs the Web, the more memory they can free up by simply clearing their browser.
The listed operations on health Safari will not be reflected in any way.
Deactivation of "Photostream"
Meaning " Photostream"Is as follows: when activated, all photos taken on the user's iPhone are sent to iCloud via Wi-Fi - therefore, the user's friends can view and comment on his pictures without MMS messages (of course, only with the permission of the account owner). The technology is quite useful, however, many owners of "apple" gadgets do not even know about its existence - at the same time, the program "eats" megabytes of memory.
You can disable it like this:
Step 1... Follow the path " Settings» — « iCloud» — « Photo».
Step 2... Deactivate the toggle switch opposite " My photostream».
Deleting Messages
Believe it or not, text messages can take up several gigabytes of memory. When "cleaning", special attention should be paid to correspondence iMessage - such messages are free, so they often contain not only text, but also music, video, and other media content. iOS 8th version allows you to configure the automatic deletion of messages- do it like this:
Step 1... Follow the path " Settings» — « Posts"And in the block" Message history" Press " Leave messages».
Step 2... Choose the most suitable storage period for SMS. There are only three options: month, year and unlimited storage.
The default is always " Indefinitely". Change to " 1 year"- you will definitely not notice the difference.
There is no need to worry about the safety of important or dear messages: they can always be restored from backups in iTunes.
Turn off podcast auto-updates
With the release of iOS 8, the podcast app has also become part of the iPhone system, which means also began to take up memory... Users very rarely return to listening to old podcasts, however, sometimes they do not even think about deleting them. And in vain - one podcast weighs an average of 25 MB, and there can be hundreds of them on an iPhone!
Disable auto-update and podcast downloads like this:
Step 1... Go to " Settings"And find the subsection" Podcasts».
Step 2... In this subsection in the block " Default podcast settings"Turn off" Download Issues"And activate the slider opposite" Delete replay.».
"Cleaning" the cache
Even if the application itself is lightweight, it can accumulate an impressive amount of data over the entire period of use. How to clarify statistics was discussed at the beginning of the article - you can check the cache in the same way: in “ Storage»Click on the application of interest.
On the example of the application “ In contact with»We see that the program itself weighs only 23 MB, and another 18 MB is occupied by various documents and data.
There are three ways to clean an iPhone from such "garbage":
Method number 1... Uninstall the app and reinstall it.
Method number 2... Do a full reset - complete " Settings» — « The main» — « Reset" and press " Erase content and settings ".
Using this method, you will not only delete the "garbage" accumulated by applications, but also lose all media content, so before proceeding with the reset, take the trouble to make a backup copy of your data.
Method number 3. Clear the cache in the settings of the program itself. Not all applications provide this opportunity, but, for example, Tweetbot, whose temporary files take up a lot of space, does not leave the user any other choice - it will be possible to clear the cache of this program only through the button “ Reset Account Caсhe" in settings.
Using special applications
In the AppStore, you can download a wonderful utility called Battery Doctor... The main function of this program is to take care of the smartphone battery, however, and it can free memory from unnecessary junk without problems. Run the program and in the " Junk"(Garbage) press" Clean up cache»:
This will run a check that will take a few minutes:
Battery Doctor will independently find temporary files and free up disk space. At the end of the work, the program will inform you that there are no more "junk" files, and will recommend checking as often as possible.
Battery Doctor is not the only program of this kind; If for some reason this software did not suit you, try using the Chinese utility Tongbu or the Phone Clean desktop application.
Restore smartphone
You can check the amount of "garbage" on the iPhone through iTunes - go to the device section and pay attention to the scale below:
Hover over " Other"(Yellow part) - this is the data in the cache, unfinished downloads, saved browser pages.
The example shows that the "garbage" files occupy 554 MB out of 8 total GB- a very impressive share, the same space could be occupied by 5 music albums of your favorite performers.
This method of cleaning the system does not pose a threat to notes, calendars, SMS messages that were stored on the device, but multimedia files will be deleted.
Conclusion
The measures listed in the article should be applied on an ongoing basis, and not once - it is especially important to know how to clear the cache on iPhone and browser history Safari... In this case, the owners of Apple technology should remember that the described procedures and instructions will not help if the user himself has a tendency to mindlessly install everything from the AppStore and upload it to " Music»Albums that will never be heard.
Oftentimes, the reason why iPhones and iPads start to perform significantly worse than usual lies in the lack of free space in the device's memory. If you notice that your device has become “brooding”, often freezes, involuntarily reboots without a command, then it's time for “general cleaning”. It's time to clear the device memory from extra megabytes, or even GB of software junk. Agree, "handles" to delete each application and its files is not professional.
Today I will tell you how to quickly clear the device memory in whole or in part, as well as how to reset the iPhone to factory settings.
In the settings of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in the menu "General -> Statistics" there is an interesting section - "Storage". This menu contains information about how much and what the device's memory is busy with. Take a look, you may be very surprised that even the most harmless, at first glance, applications, such as social media managers, can store gigabytes of useless data.
Recently we were contacted by the owner of an iPhone who faced the problem of insufficient memory. When this led to the fact that the device fell into. Restoring iPhone was not considered a solution to the problem. the user did not want to lose data from the device. Fortunately, everything ended well, the person still had to restore the iPhone through iTunes, and the information was restored from the existence of which he did not even know.
This precedent pushes to always keep the device memory "clean", or at least periodically clean it of information "trash".
You can clean your iPhone radically, i.e. completely, or partially, by removing individual applications and their files. It is quite simple to do this in several ways at once.
Ways to Clean iPhone
- Erase content and settings on iPhone.
- Erase iPhone to iCloud.
- Removing the application from the desktop.
- Deleting the application in the iPhone settings in the "Storage" menu.
- Removing an app from iPhone via iTunes.
The first 3 methods allow you to completely "zero" the device's memory, as a result of which you will have an iPhone with a "clean" one. After cleaning, you will need to re-configure it and restore the necessary data from an iTunes or iCloud backup.
The last 3 are classic, allowing you to manually delete individual applications and all their data.
We have already written about restoring the iPhone, and that's enough, I don't see any point in repeating it. Let's try to erase the content and settings on the iPhone and see what it threatens.
How to erase content and settings on iPhone
This procedure is carried out very simply, in only 5 "taps".
To erase content and settings on an iPhone, it does not need to be plugged into a power source, but make sure that the battery level is at least 25%. Otherwise, if the battery is completely discharged during the erasing process, you may need to restore the iPhone using iTunes.
!Warning
If you have an iPhone or iPad with a jailbreak (Pangu for example), as a result of erasing the content and resetting the settings, the device will go into "eternal apple mode", but instead of the Apple logo, the progress icon will rotate on the screen. The iPhone will have to be restored using iTunes.
- Warning -
I draw your attention, the application (program or game) is removed along with all its content. If, for example, you created files in a certain program, Pages for example, and delete it, all files created in Pages will be permanently deleted. Save files created on iPhone in cloud storage (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.).
In addition to applications, free space in an iOS device is consumed by photos, videos, music, contacts, notes and other important information. But there is another secret (for many) memory eaters - Safari.
The mobile web browser from Apple works like any other: when the site is loaded, it loads its content into temporary storage (cache). This is done in order to speed up the loading of pages upon repeated access to them.
When re-accessing the web pages loaded into the cache, the cached data is not downloaded from the servers again, but is retrieved from the cache. On the one hand, this allows you to save on traffic and get fast loading of web pages, on the other hand, you have to put up with the fact that the cache "eats" memory.
So, if you actively use your iPhone or iPad for "surfing the Internet", be prepared for the fact that the Safari cache can take up a lot of memory space. This amount depends on how much data the server hosting the site has allowed to be cached. The iPhone owner cannot limit this size, all that remains is to clean it periodically.
Advice: Get in the habit of periodically clearing your Safari cache to improve the health of your iPhone and iPad.
How to clear the Safari cache on iPhone
So, in fact, everything is simple. Now you know how to remove the "problem" application from the iPhone or completely clear its memory.
If you have any difficulties or questions about the topic of the article, welcome to the comments.
All modern devices from Apple (iPad, iPhone) must have access to the Internet. Users actively use this opportunity and at some point notice that the amount of free space on the phone has begun to decrease. You need to know how to clear the cache in an iPhone, as this will speed up the operation of the device.
What is the cache in the phone
Popular system shells (operating systems) on computers, tablets and phones work in a similar way. Part of the files for the operation of applications, loading pages in the browser are placed in temporary storage. This reduces the cost of necessary resources, increases the speed of the device, opening pages, programs. Files are also saved not only by browsers, but also by applications, sometimes outright "rubbish" gets there, which the system will not need, but it takes up space. This is where the knowledge of how to free up memory on an iPhone by cleaning this storage comes in handy.
How to clear the cache on an iPhone
Information on how to clean an iPhone will be useful to everyone, because at some point there will be so many temporary files that there is simply no space left on the device, it will start to "dull" and freeze. It's better to use your megabytes to save photos, music, useful updates and other important information. You can free up space on your iPhone with built-in tools or using additional programs.
Force system reboot
All "junk" files accumulate in temporary storage, which received this name due to the fact that when the device is rebooted, the data from there is erased and written again. For a quick but shallow cache flush, you can often force restart the system. To do this, you need to simultaneously hold down the Home and Power buttons. Keep holding until the Apple logo appears. This will allow you to clear the cache on your iPhone as quickly as possible.
Clearing the cache of the Safari browser
Most of the temporary data is accumulated when surfing the Internet through a browser. The total size of temporary files can reach several gigabytes, so you should delete them in time. A guide on how to quickly clear the cache on an iPhone in the Safari browser:
- From the desktop, go to the "Settings" section.
- Find the inscription "Safari" and click on it.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on the "Clear history and site data" item.
- Confirm the action.
After that, the data will be deleted from the phone, and the items above will turn gray (inactive). This indicates that you will not be able to run the cleanup again, because this storage is empty. After such deletion, saved logins and passwords on third-party sites will disappear, the history of visiting resources will also be erased. It is recommended to carry out such cleaning no more than 1 time per month.
Removing unnecessary applications
Saves data not only Safari, but also programs, so deleting them, cleaning - this is another option, how to clear the memory on the iPhone. For modern users, most of the space is occupied by folders with files of social networks (Instagram, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki), where there is an active exchange of messages in comments, photos, videos, audio recordings, which requires a very large amount of memory - much more than for ordinary sms.
To clear the cache, you can use the built-in functions of the program itself. Almost all of them offer to do this directly from the application interface without deleting it. The disadvantage of this method is that not all data will be deleted. The iPhone operating system still saves some of the temporary files just in case. With a small amount of occupied memory, this method will suffice, but for a complete cleaning, you should use additional software.
For deep memory processing, download and install the latest version of Battery Doctor, which can be downloaded to your phone for free. The application in automatic mode will completely clear the storage, you just need to click on the corresponding button in the utility window. The disadvantage of this method is the possible removal of progress in games, so gamers will have to start over.
Other methods and programs for cleaning iPhone
If none of the options described above on how to clear the cache on an iPhone worked for you, then there are alternative options for deleting files that you can use if you want. The main task of the user is to free up space on the phone, but not to lose important data. Below are the ways to clean iPhone memory using a computer or PhoneCleaner program.
How to quickly clear cache on iPhone using iTunes:
- Connect your phone to your PC.
- Open the iTunes app.
- Find the device icon on the top panel, click on it.
- Before clearing the memory, save a copy of the data through the "Backups" block. Photos, music can be uploaded to iCloud.
- Click on "Settings" on the iPhone, then in the "General" section.
- Select "Reset" from the list.
- Here you should click on the option "Erase content and settings", in the submenu you need to click "Erase iPhone".
- Go to iTunes again, activate the "Recover from a copy" function.
- In the window that opens, click "Restore".
How to clear cache on iPhone via PhoneClean
- Download the desired utility to your computer from imobie.com/phoneclean.
- On the download page, select the app option for your operating system.
- Launch the program and in the top menu select the necessary items that should be removed from your iPhone. The program is able to clear the browser cache, residual files of other applications, the history of visiting sites.
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