1. Clear your Browser’s Cache

So, Safari on your iPhone is kind of a hoarder, it stores temporary files, cookies, and website data to speed up your browsing, which is great until it all piles up and starts slowing everything down. Over time, this junk can make Safari feel laggy, eats up your storage, and just generally mess with your phone’s performance. The fix? Clear your browser cache. It’s like hitting the reset button, ditching all the outdated crap so Safari can load fresh content faster and run smoother. Here’s how you do it:

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1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll down and select Apps.
3. Look for Safari, then tap on it.
4. Tap Clear History and Website Data.
5. Select the settings you want to clean up then tap Clear History.

Pros:

✅ Clears up a ton of space by getting rid of old site data, cookies, and temp files.
✅ Helps websites load faster with up-to-date content.
✅ Boosts browser performance, so less lag when you're surfing.

Cons:

❌ Logs you out of sites, so you’ll have to log back in.
❌ Erases your browsing history, which might be annoying if you use it a lot.

If your iPhone feels slow or Safari’s dragging its feet, clearing the browser cache is a simple fix. It’s an easy way to keep everything running smoothly and free up some storage while you’re at it. Definitely worth doing if your phone’s acting up.

The other day I asked myself the same question. I went into the apps that took up the most amount of space (aside from WhatsApp and Messages) and "offload app" seemed to clear the cache. Once it offloads, re-install and you're good to go. It cleared about 5GB of Instagram and 3GB for Twitter which were my highest.

they clear automatically when you are running out of storage,, you can also delete that app and install it again

It is to delete the app and reinstall it, in the case of YouTube you can check if there are downloads in your profile. Also check if automatic downloads are activated

I have a monthly habit of deleting and reinstalling FB and Instagram.

Oh my god, i just got 2015 flashbacks looking at Clash of Clans🥲🥲😭

this is a great question, but the only way I've come across doing this successfully was in Settings where there was an option to clear cache when app is launched...i'm sorry but I don't remember which app this was for. So the app developer has to allow this and turn it on for the toggle to be available in Settings in the first place.

I wish we had it like Android where you can do this easily for any app in settings. Pretty inconvenient for us iOS users.

I was wondering the same thing. I let Instagram refresh in the background, it grew to 20 GB of space usage. I ended up deleting and reinstalling and now back to a lot less and disables its BGR.

I know Snapchat has delete cache option, so it depends on the apps.

Restarting the phone can help clear a little bit, but deleting and reinstalling is the best way for iPhone.

Entirely depends on the app

As far as I know, we’re stuck doing it that way right now

Unfourently I believe this is only possible by deleting said App(s) and reinstalling this automatically deletes stores cache files,I use the web versions of some of these apps IE youtube because of the safari adblocking capabilities.

Delete app

Iirc data is retained

Because I think it only stores data in your iCloud.

That’s because the Keychain isn’t affected by uninstalling apps.

Apple software is so bloated.

Yes with Vinegar extension. Or use DuckDuckGo browser

I use an add blocker called “AdBlock Pro”.

There is no single way, you must enter each app and check how to clear the cache, some do not have that option. Also be careful because some erase all usage information.

God damnit apple, just let us clear caches manually. This is one of their more grating decisions and something where their "it just works" approach does not work

I agree it clears some cache that builds up

Yaaay!

Did the storage recalculate the same time or did you had to close the settings app for recalculation

Looks like It is very much dependent on the app, reddit seems to work but majority of other apps doesnt seem to have an effect. My best guess is how the devs for each app structures the files and cache data.

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I installed instagram. Open it one time. Close all apps, Even the settings. Go back to setting, refresh the storage section and here the storage

You just have to uninstall and reinstall, it will still have your progress.

If you have an Android, just hold the app > when the banner appears, press 'app info' > press 'storage' > press 'clear cache'

Or, you could delete the app and re install

Oh man. Mine was taking up 20GB and I solved the problem accidentally by getting a new phone haha.

But if you delete the app and reinstall (iPhone) it should clear the cache. Just make sure you saved your UID and logged into something (I have apple as my log in for my main)

I literally just did this because the app was also taking up 12GB on my phone. You should be able to do it manually from your phone settings. Make sure that your Romance Club account is signed in to something before doing it (I think the options are FB or Google) and just in case, save your player UID (settings cog in top right > Tools > Copy UID) somewhere.

Your phone probably has “Storage” or a category like that in your settings. From there I was able to Clear Data and Clear Cache for the app. It’s at 250MB now but I expect it’ll go up a bit once I open some chapters.

This made me check and mine is 33.59 GB my goodness 🫢

Probably will have to delete the app and reinstall

true, I do this and it’s working it just need a one button to press offload and reinstall multiple apps

bro snapchat is actually crazy with its cache usage, it was taking up 60 gigs on my brothers phone, although there is a button inside the app to clear the cache if I remember correctly.

meh, that cache is pre-cached media... allsocial apps do it: when you watch a video it pre-loads the next 10 or so so that the "experience" is smooth when you swite to the next.

it will fill up quickly again in like 2 or three days... that effort is useless.

I was keep doing this for my Facebook app every 2-3 months and reducing the total size from 7GB to only 500MB

I thought I would be called stupid for sharing it but thanks someone did.

does offloading snapchat clear the snaps i have saved?

The reason why they say the Documents and Important data won’t be cleared is because there are specific storage locations considered important and backed up.

What you are seeing is the temporary directories used for caching being wiped as they aren’t backed up when you reload the app.

Absolutely not! The only time a factory reset should be done is if your iPhone is frozen and/or an Apple support representative recommends it. I have been an iPhone user for at least 11 years and I have only had to do a reset twice.

There is a non-destructive reset that cleans up memory and speeds up operations. It won’t destroy data and often doesn’t shut down open apps. Press and release Volume Up, then Volume Down, then hold down the Power button until you see the Apple logo. Along the way you will see a “slide to power off” prompt—ignore it and keep holding the power button. When you see the Apple logo the phone is restarting, and you’ll have to enter your passcode to open the phone

Probably don't need a factory reset. The OS is actually pretty good about memory usage. The apps on the other hand can be sloppy. I do sometimes offload and reload apps that are memory hogs or even uninstall/reinstall.

I did it yesterday for the first time in 3 years on my ipad pro m1 and iphone 12 pro max. They feel like brand new again.

Replacing the battery also helps a lot.

While ios might be smarter than windows, i imagine that all softwares will be bugging after years of use nonetheless. My experience is that the phone feels much better after the reset.

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