Whether you have memory problems on your Vivo Y21, slowness problems, unexplained application bugs... One of the possible explanations for this kind of problem is going to be the cache of your smartphone. You've probably never heard of it, but this memory is constantly used by your smartphone for various reasons.

In this article, we are going to teach you everything about it and, in particular, explain how to clear the cache on a Vivo Y21? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you what is the purpose of your phone's cache, then how to clean it, first of a single application and then of all the applications on your Vivo Y21.

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What is the cache for on a Vivo Y21?

So we start this tutorial by explaining to you the interest of the cache of a Vivo Y21. This memory can also be called a buffer memory. She's actually coming store 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 you have to download them to your phone, these data will end up in the application's cache, always available in the event that you want it. watch again without having to re-download it.

This memory is therefore absolutely useful on paper, because it allows you to streamline your navigation on the different applications. However, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so it is necessary, from time to time, clean the cache of your Vivo Y21.

Why clear the cache of a Vivo Y21?

We will now quickly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to periodically delete the application cache of your Vivo Y21. Check them out below:

  • 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 it, it is worth emptying it quite often
  • Avoid Bugs: There are a large number of bugs caused by an overloaded cache or corrupted files. In the event that this is your case, do not hesitate for a single second
  • Optimize the performance of your Vivo Y21: More data implies more calculations and searches for your processor as soon as you use an application, if 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 Vivo Y21?

Finally, we will end our guide by revealing the technique you are probably waiting for, how to clear the cache of a Vivo Y21? First of all, we will show you the procedure for a single application, then for all the applications on your Vivo Y21. The manipulations are close, however we recommend that you do it selectively, it is not good to do it for all applications on a too regular basis.

How to clear the cache of a single application on your Vivo Y21?

We start suddenly by showing you the technique for delete the cache of an application on your Vivo Y21 :

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

Be careful, this manipulation will empty the cache but will also delete app data from your Vivo Y21. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.

How to clear the cache of all applications from your Vivo Y21?

Second option, you can simply drain from your Vivo Y21 , understood, that of all applications. This is the necessary technique especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:

  • Open the "Settings" of your Vivo Y21
  • Click on the "Device maintenance" menu
  • Then on the "Memory" tab
  • Finally, click " To clean " to clear the cache of all applications on your Vivo Y21

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Vivo Y21, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Live Y21.