Whether you have memory problems on your Sony Xperia 8, latency problems, application bugs for no reason ... One of the possible causes of this kind of problem will be the cache of your mobile phone. You have surely never heard of it, however, this memory is used all the time by your mobile phone for various reasons.

In this article, we are going to teach you everything about it and, in particular, show you how to clear the cache on a Sony Xperia 8? In this context, to begin with, we will show you what is the function of the cache of your phone, then how to clean it, first of a single application then, of all the applications of your Sony Xperia 8.

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What is the role of the cache on a Sony Xperia 8?

We begin by consequently this article by showing you the interest of the cache of a Sony Xperia 8. This memory can also be called buffer memory. She will actually come save all of your data related to the use of an application.

For example, you are surfing on your favorite social network application, when you view images you have to download them to your phone, this data will end up in the application cache, always available in the event that you want it. watch again without having to download it again.

This memory is therefore in principle really useful, because it gives you the opportunity to streamline your browsing through the various applications. However, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so from time to time it is necessary to clean the cache of your Sony Xperia 8.

Why should you clear the cache of a Sony Xperia 8?

We will now briefly describe in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Sony Xperia 8. Here they are:

  • Protect your privacy: As we told you, the cache will keep all your browsing data, in the event that you do not want a third party to find them, it is worth emptying it from time to time
  • Avoid bugs: There are a large number of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. If this is your case, do not hesitate a single second
  • Optimizing the performance of your Sony Xperia 8: More data means more calculations and searches for your processor when you use an application, in the event that your cache is empty your phone will be especially faster
  • Make room: You will also be able to recover storage space by deleting the cache, however, we do not realize, the multimedia files are very large and you can quickly have several gigabytes of data in the cache

How to clear the cache on a Sony Xperia 8?

Finally, we will end our article by revealing the procedure that you are surely waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Sony Xperia 8? First of all we will show you the technique for a single application, then, for all the applications of your Sony Xperia 8. The procedures are similar, however, we advise you to do it selectively, it is not necessary. good to do this for all applications too frequently.

How to clear the cache of a single application on your Sony Xperia 8?

We start by therefore showing you the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your Sony Xperia 8 :

  • Open the "Settings" of your phone
  • Click on the "Applications" menu
  • Select the application you want to act on
  • Click on "Storage"
  • Finally click on " Empty the cache "

Small warning, this action will empty the cache but will also delete application data from your Sony Xperia 8. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.

How to clear the cache of all applications of your Sony Xperia 8?

Second solution, you can simply empty your Sony Xperia 8 , understood, that of all applications. This is the necessary solution especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:

  • Open the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 8
  • Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
  • Then on the "Memory" tab
  • Finally, click " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your Sony Xperia 8

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