There are many times when files, folders and documents created by an application or game become residual material on your mobile That is, in content that does nothing but get in the way. Occupy space in memory and, therefore, slow down the general operation of your mobile. Or even, after a faulty update, prevent the normal operation of that application or game. The best solution? Clear all data to try to get it back to working properly or free up space without uninstalling the app.How to do it on your Android mobile? Well, following these steps.
The only thing you need to know is that the Android operating system treats applications and games the same when it comes to install content on your mobile. That is, on the one hand, there is the program or application itself, and on the other, the data it needs to function. That is, we can delete all the contents of the terminal without uninstalling the application. This is useful, for example, if the app or game has stopped working. Thus, we can delete the data and re-enter the app to see if with a new download or update everything works correctly. Or to free up space in the mobile memory without losing the .apk file, which is the application or game itself.
- Just display the menu Settings of your mobile. Look for the icon among the applications, or find it from the notifications dropdown, at the top of the screen.
- Then, in the menu that appears, look for the section Applications Here you will see the entire list of applications and games installed on your mobile. They are presented in alphabetical order, you only have to find that application or game from which you want to delete its data.
- When you enter the menu of the aforementioned application or game you will find several new menus. The one we are interested in is Storage, where the size of the related files and what they occupy in our mobile's memory are reported.
- Within the storage menu there are several buttons and actions available. The one we are looking for in this tutorial is called Clear data If we press it we will end everything that is not the base installation of the application or the game. That is, the extra files. Necessary to work, yes, but they will not make us lose the application or have to reinstall it.A good way to free up space on your mobile without having to reinstall everything.
- Another button that appears in this menu is Clear cache This is another space occupied by the application's temporary files. That is, elements that it needs for its normal operation, but that are not basic user issues. A space that is normally freed by restarting the mobile. But if we don't shut down the terminal normally, it is possible that these temporary residual files grow and take up space needed by other items.
Well, if what we want is to get rid of these files and not uninstall the application, we can click on both buttons. This will return the application to its factory state, as freshly installed With no data, saved games, trailers, or user documents.Keep in mind that in applications such as social networks, most of the content is found on the servers of that one. So it will be enough for you to register again to recover all the contents. But in the meantime, after you've wiped the data, you'll have that spare space to install updates, other apps, etc.
