Whether you have memory problems on your Huawei P9, latency problems, unexplained application bugs… One of the possible origins of this type of problem will be the cache of your smartphone. You have probably never heard of it, but this memory is used all the time by your smartphone for various reasons.

In this tutorial, we are going to teach you everything about it and, above all, show you how to clear the cache on a Huawei P9? In this context, first of all, we will show you what the cache function of your smartphone is, then how to clean it, first with a single application and then all the applications on your Huawei P9.

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What is the use of the cache on a Huawei P9?

We therefore start this tutorial by showing you the purpose of hiding a Huawei P9. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She will indeed come save all of your data related to the use of an application.

For example, you surf on your favorite social network application, when you view images it is necessary to download them to your smartphone, this data will end up in the application cache, always available if you want to watch it again without needing to re-download it.

This memory is therefore really useful on paper, 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 Huawei P9.

Why clear the cache of a Huawei P9?

We will now quickly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Huawei P9. Check them out below:

  • Preserve 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 beneficial to empty it from time to time
  • Avoid Bugs: There are a number of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. In the event that this is your situation, do not hesitate for a single second
  • Optimizing the performance of your Huawei P9: More data means more calculations and searches for your processor when you use an application, if your cache is empty your smartphone will be especially faster
  • Make room: You will also be able to recover storage space by deleting the cache, we do not realize but 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 P9?

Finally, we will conclude our article by showing you the procedure that you are surely waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Huawei P9? First we will show you the technique for a single application, then for all the applications of your Huawei P9. The manipulations are similar, but we recommend that you do it selectively, it is not good to do it for all applications too frequently.

How to clear the cache of a single application on your Huawei P9?

We start by therefore showing you the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your Huawei P9 :

  • Open the "Settings" of your smartphone
  • Click on the "Applications" menu
  • Choose the application you want to act on
  • Click on "Storage"
  • Finally press " Empty the cache "

Small warning, this manipulation will empty the cache but will also delete application data from your Huawei P9. 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 P9?

Second technique, you can directly empty your Huawei P9 , 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 P9
  • Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
  • Then on the "Memory" tab
  • Finally, click on " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your Huawei P9

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