Whether you encounter memory problems on your Huawei P8, latency problems, application bugs for no reason… One of the possible explanations for this type of problem will be the cache of your device. You have probably never heard of it, but this memory is used all the time by your device for various reasons.

In this tutorial, we are going to teach you everything about the latter and, more particularly, show you how to clear the cache on a Huawei P8? In this context, first, we will show you what is the purpose of your phone's cache, then how to clean it, first with a single application and then all the applications on your Huawei P8.

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What is the use of the cache on a Huawei P8?

We start this article by showing you the purpose of the cache of a Huawei P8. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She will actually come record all of your data in connection with the use of an application.

For example, you are surfing on your favorite social network application, when you look at images you will 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 absolutely relevant on paper, because it allows you to streamline your navigation on the various applications. That said, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so sometimes we have to clean the cache of your Huawei P8.

Why clear the cache of a Huawei P8?

We will now quickly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Huawei P8. Here they are:

  • Protect your privacy: As we explained to you, the cache will save all your browsing data, if you do not want a third party to fall on it, it is worth emptying it quite often
  • Avoid Bugs: There are a large amount of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. If this is your case, do not hesitate a single second
  • Optimize the performance of your Huawei P8: More data means more calculations and research for your processor when you use an application, if 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 Huawei P8?

Finally, we will conclude our article by presenting the process that you are probably expecting, how to clear the cache of a Huawei P8? First of all, we will introduce you to the technique for a single application, then for all the applications of your Huawei P8. The manipulations are similar, however we recommend that you do it selectively, it is not good to do it for all applications too regularly.

How to clear the cache of a single application on your Huawei P8?

We start suddenly by showing you the process for delete the cache of an application on your Huawei P8 :

  • 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 Huawei P8. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.

How to clear the cache of all applications of your Huawei P8?

Second alternative, you can directly empty your Huawei P8 , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended technique, among other things, when you have storage concerns. Let's go:

  • Open the “Settings” of your Huawei P8
  • Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
  • Then on the "Memory" tab
  • Finally, click " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your Huawei P8

If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Huawei P8, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei P8.