Whether you encounter memory problems on your XIAOMI Mi 8, slowness problems, application bugs for no reason… One of the possible causes of this kind of problem will be the cache of your smartphone. You have probably never heard of it, however, this memory is used all the time by your smartphone for various reasons.
In this tutorial, we are going to explain everything to you about it and, in particular, to explain to you how to clear the cache on a XIAOMI Mi 8? To do this, to begin with, we will explain to you what is the purpose of your smartphone's cache, then how to clean it, first with a single application and then all the applications of your XIAOMI Mi 8.
What is the use of the cache on a XIAOMI Mi 8?
We therefore start this article by explaining the interest of the cache of a XIAOMI Mi 8. This memory can also be called buffer memory. She will indeed 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 will have to download them to your smartphone, these data will end up in the application cache, they will remain available in the event that you want to watch it again without having to download it again.
This memory is therefore really useful on paper, because it allows you to streamline your navigation on the various applications. Despite everything, we are far from reusing all of this memory, so sometimes clean the cache of your XIAOMI Mi 8.
What are the reasons for clearing the cache of a XIAOMI Mi 8?
We will now briefly explain in detail the different reasons that should push you to periodically delete the application cache of your XIAOMI Mi 8. Here they are:
- 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 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, do not hesitate for one second
- Optimizing the performance of your XIAOMI Mi 8: 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 smartphone will be especially 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 XIAOMI Mi 8?
Finally, we will conclude our article by showing you the technique that you are surely waiting for, how to clear the cache of a XIAOMI Mi 8? First we will show you the procedure for a single application, then, for all the applications of your XIAOMI Mi 8. The operations are similar, however, we suggest that you do it selectively, it is not good to do it too regularly for all applications.
How to clear the cache of a single application on your XIAOMI Mi 8?
We therefore start by showing you the technique for delete the cache of an application on your XIAOMI Mi 8 :
- Open the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- Select the application you want to act on
- Click on "Storage"
- Finally press " Empty the cache "
Warning, this action will empty the cache but will also delete application data from your XIAOMI Mi 8. You will therefore no longer be able to log in to your application automatically.
How to clear the cache of all applications of your XIAOMI Mi 8?
Second alternative, you can directly empty your XIAOMI Mi 8 , understood, that of all applications. This is the recommended technique especially when you have storage problems. Let's go:
- Open the “Settings” of your XIAOMI Mi 8
- 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 XIAOMI Mi 8
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the XIAOMI Mi 8, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: XIAOMI Mi 8.
