We have talked at length about cache and its benefits in the user experience on a mobile phone (in this case, Android): these are files of any type of temporary nature downloaded or generated when using an application that are maintained in such a way that it is not its downloading or generation that is necessary again. As a consequence, Thanks to the cache, the application saves battery, uses less data and is more agile.
But paradoxically, if your Android phone is slow it could also be due to the cache, which is why it is so important to delete it from time to time. Because? Short answer: virtue lies in balance. The longest and most well-argued answer explaining why cache can slow down your phone You have it in this article.
Cache speeds up the execution of an application… but it can also slow it down
As we use the apps on our phone, it saves more and more files to the device cache in search of that agility of use until there comes a point where it has the opposite effect and can slow it down. When? When there is too many files stored in cache and/or some of them are corrupt.
In general, when the cache is fullcan be problematic for the device, slowing it down, causing apps to crash, and causing other performance issues.
As for storage, it is not uncommon to find that the cache takes more than a gigabyte And although in itself this should not be a problem even if it is a considerable size, depending on your mobile it can have negative effects. So, if your phone has little capacity or simply little free space and you have more than a gigabyte covered by the cache, this will be dramatic for performing tasks such as updates or installing software. applications, but also for its performance.
Thus, this can cause conflicts or errors within the application which generate slowness, lags or even unexpected failures. Unfortunately, this is a general consideration and not specific in terms of recommendations for how much space the cache takes up or how often to clear it: Using the phone lightly is not the same as using it extensively, the type of apps or even the hardware and software of the device itself.
Avoid performance issues by clearing the cache every now and then
The good thing is that has a simple solution: clean the cache periodically, considering that it takes up a lot of space.
So, to clear the cache of an application you just need to go to ‘Settings’ > ‘Storage’ > ‘Other apps’ or ‘Settings’ > ‘Apps & notifications’ and enter the applications whose cache we want to clear. When we’re inside we’ll just tap ‘Empty the cache’.
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