How many tabs are open on your mobile browser right now? Go check. You may be surprised by what you find.
Americans spend more five hours a day on their smartphone. That’s more than five hours of your phone’s ability to access, retrieve, and store cache and cookies, which can negatively impact you iPhone Storage.
What is cache memory?
Cache is a place where some data is temporarily stored: parts of a web page or images from the last time you visited, for example. It’s content from a website that’s stored on your phone during a browser session to make it work faster the next time you visit that page.
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Cache data can slow down your phone’s browsing performance because it takes up memory space in your device, so it’s best to clear it regularly.
NOTE: Keep in mind that clearing the cache will close all open tabs in Safari and will likely make you sign out of any websites, prompting you to sign in again.
How to clear cache on iPhone
Open Setting app on your iPhone to clear the cache in Safari.
In Settingscroll down until The hunt appears, touch it to select it.
Scroll down through The hunt optional, until you find a button for Clear history and website data.
A confirmation will appear, tap Clear history and data to confirm.
Once confirmed, the cache and cookies will be deleted from your iPhone, but the autofill information will still be available on your device.
Frequently asked questions
How can I browse on Safari without history?
Enable Private Browsing by opening The huntthen tap tabafterward Private.
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Is clearing cache the same as offloading?
Not exactly, although offloading can help if your phone is slow due to low storage. Offload uninstall an app without deleting any documents and data associated with them.
To offload an app, go to Settingafterward Sharedselect iPhone Memory and select the app to offload, then tap App offloading. If you download it again, you just pick up where you left off on that app.
How to clear cache from Chrome on iPhone?
If Google Chrome is your preferred browser, it may have a significant amount of data stored on your device, which can also slow down its performance.
To clear the cache in Chrome, open the Chrome app and follow these steps:
- Go Setting
- Knock on Private
- Select Clear access data
- Go through the items to delete
- Confirm by pressing Clear access data at the bottom of the screen
It seems that clearing browsing data in Chrome doesn’t close all open tabs but will sign you out of websites, so you’ll have to sign back in to any sites you may have visited.
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Are cookies and cache the same?
Cookies and cache are not the same. Cookies are small pieces of data that websites send to your phone, including things like saved passwords to help you stay logged in to your account or even website preferences from the last time you visited. .
While it may sound harmless, cookies can also track how you browse the internet. They monitor patterns in your browsing and search history, even see what you clicked on or what your mouse hovered over. Have you ever done an innocuous search on Amazon only to find ads for it across all the apps you use?
Can I block cookies on iPhone?
While you can block cookies on Safari, rankings are split according to whether you should block or not. Blocking cookies entirely means websites won’t be able to get information from you, but it also means some websites might not even work correctly on your browser. A lot of users really prefer a more personalized browsing experience, so cookies are a good thing for them.
If you want to block cookies on Safari, follow these steps:
- Go Setting and choose The hunt
- Tap the toggle next to Block all cookies
