Whether you have memory problems on your Sony Xperia 5, latency problems, application bugs for no reason ... One of the possible origins of this kind of problem will be the cache of your smartphone. You may never have heard of it, but this memory is used all the time by your smartphone for various reasons.
We will precisely on this page teach you everything about it and, in particular, teach you how to clear the cache on a Sony Xperia 5? In this context, first, we will teach you what is the function of the cache of your phone, then how to clean it, first of a single application then, of all the applications of your Sony Xperia 5.
What is the use of the cache on a Sony Xperia 5?
We start this article by teaching you the interest of the cache of a Sony Xperia 5. This memory can also be called buffer memory. She will actually come record all of your data related to the use of an application.
For example, you are surfing on your favorite social network application, when you view images it is necessary to download them to your phone, 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 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 from time to time it is necessary to clean the cache of your Sony Xperia 5.
Why clear the cache of a Sony Xperia 5?
We will now quickly describe in detail the different reasons that should push you to regularly delete the application cache of your Sony Xperia 5. Check them out below:
- Protect your privacy: As we told you, the cache will save all your browsing data, in the event that you do not want a third party to fall on it, 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 case, do not hesitate a single second
- Optimizing the performance of your Sony Xperia 5: More data means more calculations and research for your processor as soon as 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, 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 Sony Xperia 5?
Finally, we will finish our guide by showing you the procedure that you are probably waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Sony Xperia 5? First we will present the solution for a single application, then, for all the applications of your Sony Xperia 5. The procedures are similar, however we advise you to do it selectively, it is not good to do so. do for all applications too regularly.
How to clear the cache of a single application on your Sony Xperia 5?
We start suddenly by showing you the procedure for delete the cache of an application on your Sony Xperia 5 :
- Open the "Settings" of your phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- Click on the application you want to act on
- Click on "Storage"
- Finally click on " Empty the cache "
Small warning, this manipulation will empty the cache but will also delete application data from your Sony Xperia 5. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.
How to clear the cache of all applications of your Sony Xperia 5?
Second solution, you can simply empty your Sony Xperia 5 , understood, that of all applications. This is the necessary technique especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:
- Open the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- 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 Sony Xperia 5
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Sony Xperia 5, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 5.
