Whether you encounter memory problems on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, 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, but this memory is used all the time by your phone for various reasons.

In this tutorial, we are going to explain everything to you about the latter and, more particularly to teach you how to clear the cache on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? To do this, 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 S7 Edge.

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What is the role of the cache on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?

We therefore start this tutorial by teaching you the purpose of the cache of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She will actually come record all 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 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 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. However, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so from time to time it is necessary to clean the cache of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

Why clear the cache of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?

We will now quickly describe in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Check them out below:

  • Protect your privacy: As we explained to you, the cache will save all your browsing data, if you don't want a third party to fall on it, it is worth emptying it from time to time
  • Avoid Bugs: There is a large amount 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
  • Optimize the performance of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: More data means more calculations and searches for your processor when you use an application, if ever your cache is empty your phone will be especially 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 S7 Edge?

Finally, we will conclude our article by showing you the procedure that you are certainly waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? First we will show you the procedure for a single application, then, for all the applications of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The manipulations are similar, however 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?

We therefore start by revealing the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge :

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

Small warning, this manipulation will empty the cache but will also delete app data from your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. 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 S7 Edge?

Second alternative, you can directly empty your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge , understood, that of all applications. This is the necessary technique especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:

  • Open the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
  • 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 S7 Edge

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.