Whether you encounter memory problems on your LG K40S, slowness problems, application bugs for no reason… One of the possible reasons for this kind of problem will be the cache of your mobile phone. You have surely never heard of it, however, this memory is constantly used by your mobile phone for various reasons.

We are going to explain everything on this page to you on this page and, more particularly, explain to you how to clear the cache on an LG K40S? To do this, first, we will explain to 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 LG K40S.

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What is the role of the cache on an LG K40S?

We therefore start this guide by explaining the interest of the cache of an LG K40S. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She will actually come record all of your data relating to the use of an application.

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

This memory is therefore in principle absolutely useful, because it gives you the opportunity to streamline your browsing through the various applications. Despite everything, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so, from time to time, clean the cache of your LG K40S.

Why clear the cache of an LG K40S?

We will now quickly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your LG K40S. 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 find them, it is worth emptying it quite often
  • Avoiding Bugs: There are a large number of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. If this is your situation, don't hesitate for one second
  • Optimize the performance of your LG K40S: More data means more calculations and research for your processor when you use an application, if your cache is empty your smartphone 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 an LG K40S?

Finally, we will end our guide by showing you the procedure that you are surely waiting for, how to clear the cache of an LG K40S? First we will show you the solution for a single application, then, for all the applications of your LG K40S. The operations are close, however, we advise you to 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 LG K40S?

We therefore start by presenting the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your LG K40S :

  • Open the "Settings" of your smartphone
  • 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 LG K40S. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.

How to clear the cache of all applications of its LG K40S?

Second alternative, you can directly empty your LG K40S , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended solution, among other things, when you have storage problems. Let's go:

  • Open the “Settings” of your LG K40S
  • Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
  • Then on the "Memory" tab
  • Finally, click " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your LG K40S

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