What Is Cache on Android?

Clear app data — or resetting an app.

Clearing app data is a little more drastic.

You’re wiping the cache, but also clearing any and all settings that go along with that app.

You’re basically starting that app over, from scratch, and it’ll behave as it did the first time you installed it.

Is it OK to clear cached data?

Clear out all cached app data. The “cached” data used by your combined Android apps can easily take up more than a gigabyte of storage space. These caches of data are essentially just junk files, and they can be safely deleted to free up storage space. Tap the Clear Cache button to take out the trash.

What does it mean to clear the cache?

An empty cache means there’s no confusion. As you visit webpages hereafter, the browser will download fresh copies of everything you see on each page. You’ve simply forced your browser to rebuild its cache from scratch as it loads or re-loads pages. Any cache-related issues should be cleared up. Until the next time.