Whether you are having memory problems on your Google Pixel 7, slowness problems, unexplained application bugs... One of the possible explanations for this kind of problem is going to be the cache of your mobile phone. You've probably never heard of it, but this memory is constantly used by your mobile phone for various reasons.
In this tutorial, we are going to teach you everything about the latter and, more particularly, teach you how to clear the cache on a Google Pixel 7? To do this, first we will teach you what the function of your phone's cache is, then how to clean it, first from a single application and then from all the applications on your Google Pixel 7.
What is the use of the cache on a Google Pixel 7?
We therefore start this guide by teaching you the interest of the cache of a Google Pixel 7. This memory can also be called buffer memory. She will indeed come record all 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 will have to download them to your phone, this data will end up in the application cache, always available if you want to watch it again without need to re-download it.
This memory is therefore in principle absolutely useful, because it gives you the opportunity to make your navigation on the different applications more fluid. Despite everything, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so it is necessary, from time to time, clean the cache of your Google Pixel 7.
What are the reasons for clearing the cache of a Google Pixel 7?
We will now briefly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Google Pixel 7. Check them out below:
- Protect your privacy: As we told you, the cache will keep all your browsing data, in the event that you do not want a stranger to be able to consult them, it is worth emptying it quite often
- Avoid Bugs: There are a large number of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. In the event that this is your case, do not hesitate for a single second
- Optimize the performance of your Google Pixel 7: More data implies more calculations and searches for your processor when you use an application, in the event that your cache is empty your phone will necessarily be 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 Google Pixel 7?
Finally, we are going to end our guide by showing you the process that you are probably waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Google Pixel 7? First we will show you the procedure for a single application, then for all the applications on your Google Pixel 7. The methods are similar, however we recommend that you do it selectively, it is not good to doing it for all applications too often.
How to clear the cache of a single application on your Google Pixel 7?
We therefore begin by revealing the process for delete the cache of an application on your Google Pixel 7 :
- Open the "Settings" of your phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- Select the application you want to act on
- Click on "Storage"
- To finish press " Empty the cache "
Small warning, this action will empty the cache but will also delete app data from your Google Pixel 7. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.
How to clear the cache of all applications of your Google Pixel 7?
Second solution, you can simply empty your Google Pixel 7 , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended solution especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:
- Open the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 7
- Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
- Then on the "Memory" tab
- To finish, click on " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your Google Pixel 7
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Google Pixel 7, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 7.
