Cache Makes Slow, Here's How To Clear Cache On Your Desktop Browser And Smartphone

How to clear cache on desktop and Smartphone browsers (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Google seems to be a daily human need to find everything. Starting from finding information about the latest news, places you want to visit, and much more.

The more often we visit websites on the internet or open applications, the more cache is left behind.

The cache itself, according to the official Samsung website, is a place to temporarily store data for the pages you open in the application, including in the form of temporary images downloaded from the internet.

Accumulating the amount of cache will certainly make your phone slow, because the space in your memory will be filled by the cache. So, it is important for you to clear the cache on the application to restore memory capacity.

If you're still confused about how to clear the cache on your laptop/PC and smartphone browser, here's how you can do it.

Clear Cache in Chrome

Chrome is one of the most widely used search applications. To clear cache in Chrome, you can do this:

Click the three dots in the upper right corner. On the desktop version, select More Tools > Clear Browsing Data. In the mobile app, select Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data. Make sure the Image and cache files box is checked. Use the Time range drop-down menu to select the cache deletion within a certain time back. (To empty your cache, we recommend that you select All time). Click the Clear data button.

Clearing Cache in Safari

Clearing cache in Safari is easier than in Chrome, here's how:

While in the Safari browser on your desktop, open the top menu and select Safari > Clear History. Select a time period (last hour, today, today and yesterday, all history). If you have selected the time range, click Delete History. If you want to clear the Cache via Safari on your iPhone, tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the screen. Then select History Tap the Delete button and select your time period.

Clear Cache in Microsoft Edge

Actually, how to clear cache in various browsers is almost the same, but to clarify, here's how to clear cache in Microsoft Edge on the desktop.

Click the three dots in the top right corner. Select Settings > Privacy, search, and services. Scroll down to Clear browsing data and click Select what to delete. Make sure cached images and files are checked (and check for any other data you want to delete). Use the Time range drop-down to select the last hour, last 24 hours, last four weeks, or all time. Then click Delete.