Whether you are having memory problems on your Samsung Galaxy A42, latency problems, application bugs for no reason... One of the possible reasons for this type of problem will be the cache of your mobile phone. You may never have heard of it, but this memory is constantly used by your mobile phone for various reasons.

In this article, we will precisely explain everything to you about it and, in particular, teach you how to clear the cache on a Samsung Galaxy A42? In this context, first of all, we will teach you what is the purpose of the cache of your phone, then how to clean it, first of a single application then, of all the applications of your Samsung Galaxy A42.

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What is the cache used for on a Samsung Galaxy A42?

We therefore start this tutorial by teaching you the interest of the cache of a Samsung Galaxy A42. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She's actually coming save all of your data related to the use of an application.

For example, you surf on your favorite social network application, when you look at images you will have to download them to your phone, these data will end up in the application's cache, they remain available in the event that you want view it again without having to re-download it.

This memory is therefore on paper completely useful, because it gives you the opportunity to streamline your navigation on the different applications. Despite everything, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so it is necessary, from time to time, clean the cache of your Samsung Galaxy A42.

Why clear the cache of a Samsung Galaxy A42?

We will now briefly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Samsung Galaxy A42. Here they are:

  • Protect your privacy: As we explained to you, the cache will save all your browsing data, in the event that you do not want a third party to find them, it is worth emptying it periodically
  • Avoid 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 a second.
  • Optimize the performance of your Samsung Galaxy A42: 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, 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 Samsung Galaxy A42?

Finally, we are going to end our guide by revealing the procedure that you are certainly waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Samsung Galaxy A42? First we will show you the solution for a single application, then, for all the applications on your Samsung Galaxy A42. The manipulations are close, however we advise you to 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 Samsung Galaxy A42?

We start by therefore presenting you the process for delete the cache of an application on your Samsung Galaxy A42 :

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

Warning, this action will empty the cache but will also delete application data from your Samsung Galaxy A42. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.

How to clear the cache of all applications of your Samsung Galaxy A42?

Second alternative, you can simply empty your Samsung Galaxy A42 , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended solution especially when you have storage concerns. Let's go:

  • Open the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy A42
  • 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 Samsung Galaxy A42

In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy A42, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A42.