Whether you have memory problems on your HUAWEI Mate X, latency problems, unexplained application bugs… One of the possible reasons for this type of problem will be your phone's cache. You have probably never heard of it, however this memory is used all the time by your phone for various reasons.
In this article, we are going to teach you everything about the latter and, in particular, show you how to clear the cache on a HUAWEI Mate X? To do this, to begin with, we will show you what is the purpose of the cache of your mobile phone, then how to clean it, first of a single application then, of all the applications of your HUAWEI Mate. X.
What is the role of the cache on a HUAWEI Mate X?
We therefore start this guide by showing you the purpose of the cache of a HUAWEI Mate X. This memory can also be called a 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 will have to download them to your mobile phone, this data will end up in the application's cache, it will remain available on the assumption that you want to watch it again without having to download it again.
This memory is therefore in principle really useful, because it allows you to streamline your navigation on the various applications. However, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so it is necessary, from time to time, clean the cache of your HUAWEI Mate X.
Why clear the cache of a HUAWEI Mate X?
We will now quickly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your HUAWEI Mate X. Here they are:
- Protect your privacy: As we told you, the cache will keep all your browsing data, if you do not want a third party to find them, it is beneficial to empty it some times
- Avoid bugs: There are a lot of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. If this is your situation, do not hesitate for one second
- Optimize the performance of your HUAWEI Mate X: More data means more calculations and searches for your processor as soon as you use an application, if your cache is empty your mobile phone will necessarily be faster
- Make room: You will also be able to recover storage space by deleting the cache, but we do not realize however 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 HUAWEI Mate X?
Finally, we will conclude our article by revealing the procedure that you are surely waiting for, how to clear the cache of a HUAWEI Mate X? First we will show you the procedure for a single application, then, for all the applications of your HUAWEI Mate X. The methods are similar, however we recommend that you do it selectively, it is not good to do so. do for all applications too frequently.
How to clear the cache of a single application on your HUAWEI Mate X?
We therefore start by showing you the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your HUAWEI Mate X :
- Open the "Settings" of your mobile phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- Click on the application you want to act on
- Click on "Storage"
- To finish click on " Empty the cache "
Small warning, this manipulation will empty the cache but will also delete app data from your HUAWEI Mate X. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.
How to clear the cache of all applications on your HUAWEI Mate X?
Second technique, you can directly empty your HUAWEI Mate X , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended solution especially when you have storage concerns. Let's go:
- Open the “Settings” of your HUAWEI Mate X
- 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 HUAWEI Mate X
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become a HUAWEI Mate X master, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI MateX.