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Do you have little space available on your iPhone? One of the negative points of Apple devices is their low internal memory in the base models. The apple company continued to sell iPhones with 16 GB of internal storage, when other models already had 32 or even 64 GB in their base version. Apple decided to increase the cheapest variants to 64, but considering that applications and games increasingly occupy more GB, we still do not have a solution to that little storage. There are different ways to free memory, and in Your Expert we have already counted some methods. Another that may be feasible, but is somewhat more complicated, is eliminating the application cache. This is done on the iPhone and iOS 13.
The cache is used to streamline some application processes. What it does is save the data and processes that are constantly used, as long as the processor does not load the content every time we return to the application, since this process is slower. The good thing about the cache is that it makes the content load quickly. In addition to saving some battery, since the processor would spend more autonomy performing the action. The bad thing is that the cache occupies data in the internal storage.
Apple does not have a specific option to delete the iPhone cache, as we do see in Android. However, some apps do include this option in the settings. For example, we can delete the Safari cache so that the web pages load correctly and without any problem. To do this, go to Settings> Safari> Clear history and website data. This will also cause the history of Safari, and all the devices that are connected to your iCloud account, to be deleted. If you just want to delete the data, go to Settings> Safari> Advanced> Website data> Delete all data. Click on 'Delete now' to confirm.
To clear the cache of other apps on iPhone and iOS 13, go to Settings> General> iPhone Storage. Here a list will appear with all the applications you have installed on your mobile. They are ordered from largest to smallest space in the internal storage. For example, I have Fortnite in the first place with almost 8 GB. The Podcasts app is in second place, with 3.33 GB of storage used. Those 3.33 GB can be removed by doing a data cleanup. That is, it will erase all the episodes that I have downloaded, and that are taking up space in the internal memory.
Clear app cache on iPhone
Select an app to remove space. Inside you will see that there are two options: Uninstall app and Delete App.
As its name suggests, the first option uninstalls the application from the system. But it doesn't delete the data. These are stored on the iPhone, and if we want to reinstall it, it will appear as the last time we entered. Of course, it manages to free up some space in the internal storage. It also removes the cache. Click on 'Uninstall app' and wait for the process to finish. Next, click on the option that says 'Reinstall app'. You will see that some storage is freed.
The 'Delete app' option is more aggressive, because its function is to delete all the data we have on the iPhone related to the application . That is, saved preferences, photos, downloads etc. Also the cache. In addition, Apple uninstalls it from the system, and if we want to download it again, we must do it from the App Store. When we download it again, you will see that it starts like the first time you installed it on your iPhone.
