How to Clear Cache and Cookies on iPhone

How to clear cache and cookies on iPhone and iPad?

Every app on either iOS or Android device stores various forms of your browsing data to enrich your experience on the respective app. They do this by offering you suggestions, opening pages faster, remembering your choice, and much more, as they track and record your browsing data along with choices.

Though, this is a great technology that saves your time of loading the same thing again and again, as well as pays response to your choices. But sometimes, excessive data stored in these apps may cause some glitch or slow movement in your mobile.

Here’s what you need to repower your iOS device or your iOS app;

Clear cache and browsing data from Safari
Clear cache from iPhone apps
Clear cache from ipad apps

Clear cache and browsing data from Safari app

Safari is a browser in all the iPhones, and iPads. Through which iPhone and iPad users carry out most of their browsing experience. So this iOS app or browser is the one that consumes most of your browsing data, so as to improve your experience on it. Apart from saving cookies and cache, the Safari browser also stores your browsing history, to help you easily reach your favourite or most viewed sites.

Therefore, clearing cache and cookies from Safari should be your first and foremost priority for clearing up caches and improving your device’s performance.

( If you didn’t intend to harm some of your useful cache or data from your Safari browser, then you can move forward to Clear cache in your iPhone or iPad apps)

You can easily clear cache and browsing data from your Safari browser by following some simple steps given below;

For clearing cache and browsing history

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on the Safari option from the list below.
Select the “Clear history and website data” option.

Thereafter, you need to confirm your decision of clearing history and cache from your browser.

Tap on the Clear history and data button, to confirm the above process.

After that, all of your Safari browser’s cache and browsing history gets deleted.

Here, you finish removing the cache and browsing history from the Safari browser in your iPhone or iPad.

These were the steps for clearing the cache and browsing history.

If you didn’t intend to clear off your browsing history along with cache, then you can follow the below steps

For clearing cookies and cache (not browsing history)

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on the Safari option, below the list of other options.
Select the ‘Advanced’ option from the Safari Settings.
Tap on the ‘Website data option’ option from the Advanced Settings.
Tap on the ‘Remove all website data option.

Thereafter, you once again need to confirm your decision of clearing website data.

After that, all of the Safari browser’s data gets deleted.

Here, you finish clearing cache and cookies from the Safari browser in your iPhone or iPad.

Now moving on to the process of clearing cache from iPhone or iPad apps, follow the below-given process to do so.

Clear cache from iphone apps

There is not just Safari browser on your iphone that stores cookies and cache for easing your experience on it. Rather there are some other apps as well that store cache or other data.

Follow the steps given below for clearing cache from apps on your iPhone;

For clearing cache and other data in apps

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap on the “General” option in the Settings.
Select the “IPhone storage” option inside General Settings.

Thereafter, a list of all the apps along with their respective data appears on your screen.

Here, the data shown in front of the apps denotes their total storage, app data plus other data.

You need to select the app from which you want to clear the cache.

Tap on the app from which you want to clear the cache.
Tap on the “Delete” button, to delete that app.

You once again need to confirm the decision of deleting the app from your iPhone.

Thereafter the app and all its data gets deleted from your iPhone.

After that you can download the app from the Apple Store and log in to it.

If you wish the other way, think of deleting the app and saving its data(cache). Then you can follow the process given below.

For deleting the app(and savings its cache)

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iphone device.
Select the ‘General’ option from the Settings.
Tap on the “IPhone Storage” option from the General Settings.

Thereafter the list of apps along with their total storage appears on your screen in the descending order.

Select the app that you want to delete.
Tap on the “Offload app” option.

You once again need to confirm this step.

Once again Tapon the Offload app button.

After that the app gets deleted from your phone, but it’s cache or other data gets saved on your iPhone.

There is another way of directly clearing cache from various apps that have a clear cache option.

For directly clearing cache from app(with clear cache option)

First of all, go to the Settings option on your iPhone.
Select the Apps option from the settings.
Tap on the app from which you want to clear the cache.
Tap on the clear cache option, inside the required app.

Thereafter you need to confirm the above process once again to clear cache from that app.

Tap on the clear cache button, to affirm the decision of clearing cache.

Here you have successfully cleared the cache from that app.

These were the ways of clearing cache from your iphone device.

Clear cache from iPad

There are various other apps on your phones that too consume and store a lot of additional data on your iPad device. You need to clear them too of cache to free your iPad from some unwanted and additional storage.

There are basically two ways of clearing storage from different apps on your iPad device, and each process delivers a completely different outcome.

You can easily clear cache from your iPad device by following some simple steps given below;

For clearing cache along with the app

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iPhone device.
Select the “General” option from Settings.
Tap on the “iPad Storage” option inside the General Settings.

Hereby, a list of all the apps along with their respective storage appears on your iPad screen. This is the total storage of apps that denotes their app data and additional data.

Select the app from which you want to delete the additional data(cache).
Tap on the ‘Delete app’ option, inside the respective app’s Settings.

Thereafter you once again need to confirm the decision of deleting your app.

Once again, tap on the “Delete app” button to affirm the above process.

Here, you delete the respective app along with its additional data.

After that you can download it from the Apple Store, and log in to it.

In this way, you have successfully cleared the respective app’s data on your iPad.

But, if you did not want to delete the additional data but really wish to delete the app, and save its storage or additional data.

For saving cache or additional data(deleting app)

First of all, go to the Settings app on your iPad.
Tap on the General option
Select the ‘iPad Storage’ option, inside the General Settings.

Thereafter you need to select the app that you want to delete and save its data.

Select the app that you want to delete from your iPad, but want to save its data or cache.
Tap on the ‘Offload app’ option, to delete the app alone.
Once again tap on the ‘Offload app’ button, to confirm your decision of deleting the app.

Here, that app gets deleted from your iPad device, but its additional data or cache gets stored inside your iPad device.

This was all about clearing cache in iPad and iPhone devices.

FAQ

Q: What are cookies and cache on iPhone?
A: Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on your iPhone to remember your preferences and settings. Cache is the data that your iPhone stores to help websites load faster.

Q: Why should I clear cache and cookies on my iPhone?
A: Clearing cache and cookies can help fix issues with website loading, improve website performance, and free up storage space on your iPhone.

Q: How do I clear cache and cookies on iPhone?
A: To clear cache and cookies on iPhone, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Tap “Clear History and Data” to confirm.

Q: Will clearing cache and cookies delete my saved passwords?
A: Yes, clearing cache and cookies will delete your saved passwords.

Q: How often should I clear cache and cookies on my iPhone?
A: It depends on how frequently you use your iPhone to browse the web. If you notice issues with website loading or performance, clearing cache and cookies may help. Otherwise, clearing cache and cookies once every few months can help free up storage space on your iPhone.