As happens in normal computers, even on Android phones (which are full-fledged computers), the applications store temporary files of all kinds on the internal memory, which are used to improve performance and loading speed, saving data that will be reused. the next few times so you don't have to download them again. The set of temporary data downloaded for an app is called a cache .
Over time, the cache of the most used applications increases in size taking up internal memory and limiting the performance of the device, unless there is a mechanism to eliminate it automatically.
Let's find out together the best apps to empty the cache, recover space and recover responsiveness of the Android mobile system.
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The cache itself does not take up a lot of space only that for most apps this cache is stored in the internal memory without the possibility of moving it and, if our smartphone has only 32 GB of memory or less, after a while time even the fastest smartphone will really slow down until it becomes unusable.
Note that clearing an application cache is different from clearing saved data .
Clearing the data resets the application (which returns as when it was first installed);
clearing the cache instead does not eliminate any customization, configuration or account already registered.
Below we will show you how to empty the cache individually for each app and how to proceed with a complete (and automatic) cleaning with the dedicated apps.
1) Method to clear the cache manually
If you want to clear the cache of an application on Android, we can also proceed manually by going to Settings -> Apps, selecting the app whose cache we want to clean and finally press the Clear Cache or Empty Cache button (depending on the version of the Android operating system in use).
If we have installed many apps on our Android phone, instead of proceeding one at a time we can also go to the Settings menu -> Memory and wait for the analysis of all the internal memory.
Among the items that will appear there will also be Cached Data, which contains all the app caches (including the system ones) in a single data.
If we notice that the cache abundantly exceeds 2 GB, we can proceed with its cancellation by clicking on the item and selecting the OK button in the warning window that will appear.
In one shot we will have recovered the space occupied by the cache, we will only have to restart the phone to be able to immediately taste the difference in performance compared to before.
2) App to clear the Android cache
Unfortunately, proceeding manually to clear the cache we will not prevent apps from generating new cache during their use, therefore we will have to clean it at regular intervals to keep Android always performing and prevent the internal memory from saturating.
In order to schedule automatic cache cleaning, below we recommend the best apps that we can integrate into Android to have an automatic cache cleaning tool (at regular intervals or when a certain threshold is reached).
- Clean Master : without a shadow of a doubt the best of its kind since it allows you to clean the system by setting the limits of the cache (on reaching the maximum value it will proceed by cleaning itself) or by scheduling a periodic cleaning (once a month).
This app not only clears the cache to run other useless data in memory, thus allowing the Android system to remain performing.
The app is so good that it is often integrated into Huawei and Xiaomi's customized operating systems.
- AVG Cleaner : a good alternative to Clean Master, able to empty the cache completely automatically thanks to the integrated forecasting system (it remains in memory to control the cache level).
Excellent for speeding up very slow smartphones or with very little internal memory.
- App Cache Cleaner : this app boasts of being one of the simplest and most immediate to use, since just one touch on the screen is enough to start cleaning the cache, RAM memory and any dangerous or too heavy apps (and not used for some time).
Useful and effective.
- CCleaner : the famous cleaning program for Windows PC also arrives on Android, bringing with it all the experience accumulated.
With this app we can effectively clean the cache of all the apps (including the system ones) and get detailed information on the individual apps, so as to immediately view those that take up the most memory space.
- Norton Clean : from the manufacturer of a famous antivirus comes an app with a pleasant design, able to delete any type of unwanted file present in the internal memory (obviously including the system cache).
His job does it well, to definitely try.
3) Conclusions
Clearing the cache on Android can be the best way to free up space on the internal memory and speed up the performance of slower devices or with a few years on your shoulders.
Obviously if we have modern smartphones with at least 64 GB of internal memory, I would not worry much about the cache and would avoid deleting it or using the suggested apps, since even a large cache will hardly be perceived in terms of occupied space (a cleaning of the cache per year should be fine).
If we have an Android smartphone with 32 GB of internal memory (or even less), periodically clearing the cache can be a useful move to recover space and performance, to be done both manually and with the reported apps (which can make it automatic or very simple the cleaning operation).
Is space never enough on our Android smartphone?
We recommend reading our dedicated guide with other applications to clean Android and free up space on the internal memory and SD card .
