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# Is Your Phone Feeling Slow? Try Clearing the Cache
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Monday, 09 September 2024
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Whether you have an older iPhone or last year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max, your device is likely to slow down a little as you use it, especially when using the web browser.
This doesn’t just apply to iPhones; virtually any device with a web browser, including desktops, laptops, and tablets, can suffer from this. Let’s discuss the why and how and then discuss how to quickly fix it. Sometimes, it can make a big difference in your device's performance.
## What is Browser Cache?
First, let’s get this out of the way—how do you pronounce the word *cache?*
Is it *cash*, like the stuff in your wallet, or is it pronounced *cash-shay*, sort of like sashay, the square dancing move?
We asked around, and our favorite typed response from a tech was the following:
*“It’s pronounced cache.”*
Thanks for clearing that up!
(Hint: according to the dictionary, it’s actually pronounced *cash*)
Anyway, what the heck is it?
Cache is extra data that a program might store to work faster. It’s sort of like sticking a slip of paper in the different sections of a recipe book so you can flip back and forth to them faster, except with cache, it actually makes a copy of some of the data it might need and keeps it.
Of course, once your recipe book has two dozen bookmarks, it becomes cluttered and harder to find everything again. That’s what happens after a long time with cache, too. Your cache could start getting so big that it really doesn’t help speed things up and instead just takes up precious storage space.
## Cache Isn’t the Same as Cookies
Website cookies are often in the same category as cache, but cookies store very specific user data, as opposed to data from the website you are visiting. Cookies tell the browser that you previously logged in and, depending on the site, keep you logged in. Clearing out your cookies can often give you a fresh start and sometimes speed things up, but keep in mind that clearing your cookies will log you out of most sites and reset many of your preferences for sites you visit often.
## How to Clear Your iPhone Browser Cache
Let’s break down the next sections based on the phone type and the various popular web browsers you might be using:
### How to Clear Your iPhone Cache in Safari
Most iPhone users probably use Safari, Apple’s now-proprietary and default browser on iPhones and iPads. If you have iOS11 or later, keep in mind that clearing your Safari cache will affect every device signed into your iCloud account. This will log you out of everything, and you’ll need to sign back into your accounts.
1. Open the **Settings** app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Select **Safari** from the list of apps.
3. Go to **Clear History and Website Data.**
4. Choose **Clear History and Data** in the pop-up window.
### How to Clear Your iPhone Cache in Google Chrome
If you use Google Chrome as your default browser on iOS, you can clear your browser cache through Google Chrome.
- Open the **Chrome** app.
- Tap the **three-dot menu**, typically on the bottom right of your screen.
- Go to **Settings** along the top menu bar.
- Scroll down to **Privacy and security** and tap it.
- Tap **Clear Browsing Data**, which will open another menu. Here, you can choose the intended time range. Select **All Time** to delete all of your cache. Ensure that **Site Data** and **Cached Images and Files** are selected, and then tap **Clear Browsing Data** at the bottom of the screen.
## How to Clear Your Android Browser Cache
Android is a suburb OS for smartphones and tablets, but because every device manufacturer and carrier can customize the operating system, the default browser might be different depending on what device you have. For instance, Google Pixel phones use **Chrome** as the default browser, while Samsung devices have an **Internet** app. Most Samsung owners tend to make Chrome their default browser eventually, but let’s cover our bases just in case:
### How to Clear Your Samsung Internet Browser Cache
If you have a Samsung device and you use the stock Internet browser, simply called **Internet**, then here’s how you clear the cache:
- Open the **Internet** app.
- Tap the **3-bar menu** at the bottom right of your screen and then tap **Settings**.
- Scroll down and tap **Sites and downloads** and then go to **Manage website data**.
- Tap the **Trash can** icon. You can now choose what sites you want to clear the cache for. You can also simply tap **All** at the top of the list.
- Tap the **Trash can icon** that says **Delete all** at the bottom of the screen.
### How to Clear Your Android Cache in Google Chrome
Most Android users are probably using Google Chrome as their default browser. Here’s how you clear your cache.
- Tap the **three-dot icon**, typically on the top right of your screen (but it depends on the device)
- Tap **Settings** from that menu.
- Scroll down to **Privacy and security** and tap it.
- Tap **Clear Browsing Data**, which will open another menu. Here, you can choose the intended time range. Select **All Time** to delete all of your cache. Ensure that **Site Data** and **Cached Images and Files** are selected, and then tap **Clear Browsing Data** at the bottom of the screen.
Hope this helps!
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Tony Underwood, Founder and President of Cambium Data Inc. has proven himself as one of the top internetworking experts in the industry. Mr. Underwood began his IT career in 1991 in the US Navy working on critical military computer systems. He grew his computer and networking knowledge through a number of different IT jobs from desktop support all the way up to leading the Network Engineering organization of a multi-billion dollar international company. Mr Underwood was recognized as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [\#7112](https://connect.directive.com/v4_6_release/services/system_io/Service/fv_sr100_request.rails?service_recid=7112&companyName=Dti) in March of 2001 and in 2022 he achieved the lifetime status of Cisco CCIE Emeritus
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