Over time, the space of a brand new iPad becomes clogged with unnecessary files that slow down the operation of the gadget. In order to free up memory, it is very important to know how to clear the cache on iPad. Sooner or later, every user faces this problem, so in this article we will look at how to speed up the device by removing all unnecessary things, without losing important files.
Is it necessary to clear the cache?
Cleaning temporary space should be done if programs are unstable, freeze or crash, and also when free memory is vital for normal operation. It’s better not to bring things to the second option, otherwise you won’t be able to do it without using special utilities.
Every day we visit several dozen sites. Information from them is saved to temporary files on the tablet. This even applies to pages and cookies that are not fully loaded. Storing a large amount of garbage negatively affects not only the speed of the device, but also the performance of the system as a whole. Therefore, you should regularly clear your space and get rid of useless content.
What else can you delete from iPhone and iPad?
First of all, you need to remove downloaded music. I listen to Apple Music, I have a family subscription for all members of our family. But, given the availability of WiFi at home and at work, as well as a sufficient amount of mobile Internet traffic, I do not download tracks to the device, but listen to them online. In the settings, you can specify how much downloaded music should be left on the device. We follow the path Settings-Music-Storage Optimization. Turn on the toggle switch and indicate the desired size. You can get rid of music already downloaded for offline listening by going to Settings-General-iPhone Storage . Here we find “Music” , go in and delete albums and songs.
For those who buy movies from iTunes and watch them on their favorite gadget, you need to periodically open the Apple TV app, go to the “Media Library” section and clear the contents. Similarly, you need to delete listened podcasts in the application of the same name. And in the podcast settings, it also wouldn’t hurt to keep the “Delete played” toggle switch turned on.
How to clear browser cache on iPad?
The cache is designed to store temporary files. It stores all frequently visited pages, programs used, copies of viewed photographs and much more. Let's look at an example with cards. Surely you noticed that when you download Yandex.Maps for the first time, the program starts downloading maps directly from the Global Network? But if you restart the application, for example, the next day or the day after, the map will be displayed instantly. The fact is that part of the map already exists in the memory of your gadget, so the application with maps retrieves the necessary information from temporary space, rather than downloading it again.
Caching speeds up the loading of sites and pages in the browser, while traffic consumption is significantly reduced. The gadget itself will not be able to automatically delete the cache, so you will have to operate it manually.
- To get started, go to your iPad's settings.
- Find the Safari browser.
- In your browser options, select "Clear history and browsing data."
After this, all visited pages will disappear from the browser, and the iPad’s memory will be freed. All browser tabs will be empty. Using the built-in iOS tool, you can clear the cache on your iPad in a few seconds. There's nothing complicated about it.
How to clear iPhone and iPad memory
First of all, you need to decide which “heavyweight” applications are not needed. For example, I have never used GarageBand, and it itself weighs 1.56 Gb, and it was installed along with the operating system - we delete it. iMovie takes up a lot of space, but this is also because I recently stitched together the footage from my walk in it. To clean it, you need to go into iMovie itself and delete all projects. The finished films have already been exported to Photos; we don’t need duplicates or originals. Next, I look at what games I have already completed and haven’t accessed them for more than a month, as a result, both Asphalt 8 and Temple Run flew off the gadget along with Tom, who is running for gold, but I had to leave the tanks with Minecraft until the children had enough of playing.
Here are 5 more ways to free up memory on your iPhone.
How to clean Viber
Continuing to study the iPhone storage shows that a huge amount of space is being consumed by messenger data. The fighting technique is very simple. You need to go to WhatsApp, Viber and Telegram, and then look at conversations and delete unnecessary media files. For example, in Viber I open the desired group, tap its name at the top and in the “Media Gallery” section tap “Show all”. Found objects are subject to ruthless removal.
Viber allows you to delete all attachments or individually
In the Viber , it will be useful to go to the “Multimedia” section and in the “Store media files” subsection, instead of Indefinitely, specify, say, 1 month.
How to clean WhatsApp
In WhatsApp , click on the conversation at the top, tap on the contact’s name, then go to “Media, links and documents” and start cleaning.
In WhatsApp, you will have to delete attachments from a conversation separately
Unlike Viber, you cannot delete all messages at once. However, you can go to Settings-Data and storage-Storage, select a contact and tap “Manage” at the bottom of the screen and delete everything unnecessary.
How to clean Telegram
In Telegram, you can delete either individually unnecessary media, files, links, for which you just need to tap on the contact name or chat name at the top, or clear all media files in chats through the settings.
In Telegram you can delete individual attachments in chat
To do this, go to Settings - Data and memory - Memory usage. On this tab, firstly, you can limit the storage period of media on your smartphone, secondly, clear the Telegram cache, and thirdly, go into each chat and clear unnecessary data.
With built-in Messages you need to do the following. On the gadget, go to Settings-Messages. Find the “Leave messages” option and change from “Indefinitely” to “30 days”. In the Audio Messages section, you need to check that the “Expires” option is set to “In 2 minutes.”
Check your Messages settings
How to clean Instagram
The easiest way to clear a huge cache on Facebook, Instagram and VKontakte is to delete the application itself and then reinstall it from the App Store. Yes, then you will have to log in to each account again, but we have a Keychain. In this way I cleared out a couple of gigabytes of accumulated garbage.
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If you need to reset all settings
Now let's look at how to clean your iPad.
To do this, you need to enter the main settings of the gadget, then in the “Reset” option, select the cleaning method you need. You can delete network settings, home key settings, reset geolocations, and also the keyboard dictionary. To clear the cache, select “Reset content and settings”. After confirmation, the iPad will return to its factory settings, so if you decide to take this step, before the deletion procedure you need to copy the necessary information to the Cloud or to a flash drive or some other storage device. If you just need to reset the network settings, then the files will not go anywhere, but you will have to configure WI-FI again.
Many people have a question: “How to clear the cache on an iPad mini?” If we compare the settings of Apple gadgets, we can say that they are practically no different from each other. Therefore, the iPad mini can be cleaned using any of the above methods.
Bonus: the best programs for cleaning iPad
There are many types of iPad cleaning apps available in the store. In conclusion, we will look at the five most popular applications for cleaning data on the iPad. Each application presented is unique and effective in its own way, but in some cases it requires a paid subscription.
iMyFone Umate
This application is quite a powerful program: it deletes downloaded files, cookies and cache. The utility provides several alternative methods for deleting data, and also helps to save personal space on the iPad.
Cisdem iPhone Cleaner
This program fully supports functionality with iPad and iPod touch. It cleans files and scripts and offline files. In addition, the program searches for large applications and files and, if necessary, can recommend that the user remove them. The program analyzes the storage and shows how much memory is occupied and free for access.
Macgo iPhone Cleaner
The program automatically deletes unnecessary files in the gadget, and thereby frees up memory for the necessary files. To launch the program, you only need to make a few clicks, then the smartphone will be able to show high performance.
PhoneClean
This utility is an analogue of CleanMaster, which is intended for Android. The program guarantees the user high performance, data confidentiality, the fastest possible cleaning and several innovative features from the developers.
CleanMyPhone
Downloaded applications can delete not only files, but also installed applications with the user's permission. The program is able to detect large files and sends a delete request to clear free space.
| Name | Description | Price | Rating |
| iMyFone Umate | Preserves user privacy, clears cookies | Free | ★★★★★ |
| Cisdem iPhone Cleaner | Performs global cleaning, creates copies of files if necessary, finds large files | $29.99 lifetime | ★★★★★ |
| Macgo iPhone Cleaner | Slightly limited functionality: deletes files | For free | ★★★★★ |
| PhoneClean | Advanced functionality that provides global analysis of the iPad | $19.99 per year or $29.99 personal license | ★★★★★ |
| CleanMyPhone | Additionally used as an antivirus device, refracted for three gadgets simultaneously | 39,95$ | ★★★★★ |
4.5/5 — (31 votes)
Cleaning temporary files in applications
Smartphones and tablets running on the iOS platform do not have the function of deleting the application cache. Fortunately, this operation can be performed using third-party programs or directly in the application itself, which will be cleaned. Not all instant messengers and applications have this option, so it is recommended to download the Battery Doctor software, which will save you from unnecessary junk in a couple of touches.
How to clear the cache on iPad using this program?
- Download Battery Doctor from the app store.
- Enter Junk.
- Select the Clean Up Cache option.
- Confirm your actions by clicking on Clean.
The authors of the program themselves recommend resorting to its help only as a last resort, when the iPad is very slow. Before clearing the cache, you should copy the files that are important to you to your computer or somewhere else. If your iPad is jailbroken, you can use the CacheClearer program. Instructions:
Download and install CacheClearer.
- Select any of the applications. This could be Facebook, VKontakte, or Instagram.
- Enter the settings of the selected application.
- Click on Clear App's Cache.
- After completing the procedure, you will see that the program begins to “weigh” significantly less.
Part 5, Use the iPad Cleaner App
There are several apps that are capable of clearing all cache data on iPad at once, such as Apeaksoft iPhone Eraser.
- Clear cache on iPad from Safari, apps and iOS in one click.
- Protect your personal information and personal files from spying.
- Offer three cache clearing modes for different situations.
- Use hardware acceleration technology to speed up the process.
- Available for any iPad running iOS 11/10/9 and earlier.
In short, this is the best option to clear cache on iPad with one click.
Clear cache by uninstalling apps
The methods mentioned above are effective, but not always. There are programs that take up quite a lot of space, and software like iCleaner Pro is not able to access the cache. In this case, you can uninstall it and then install it again. In order to determine which application is the most bulky, you need to enter the main settings, and then “Storage”. There you will find the “Statistics” subsection. Review the settings for each program and you will see which one takes up the most disk space. Delete it, and then download it again from the application store. This is how we figured out how to clear the cache on an iPad by reinstalling large programs.
Using a computer
There are several programs for MacOS and Windows that can clear the iPad cache. One of the most famous utilities is called PhoneClean.
The program allows you to select what data should be deleted: cookies, browser cache, temporary application files, etc. After selecting the necessary items, you need to click the “Start Scan” button and wait a little. The final result of freeing memory will be shown immediately after the cleanup operation is completed.
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Getting rid of unnecessary messages and multimedia files
Every music lover has the habit of downloading large volumes of music and videos, thereby unintentionally slowing down the operation of his gadget. Don’t be lazy to review your multimedia content, delete audio and video files that you haven’t listened to or watched for a long time. The same goes for photos: they can be copied to the Cloud and then deleted from the iPad’s memory.
Don't update iOS (or your apps) if your iPad is slow
It may seem counterintuitive, but when a device starts to wear out, updating to the latest version of iOS may slow it down rather than speed it up. This was observed with the original iPad on iOS 5.
All these new features require more resources, and when your device reaches a certain age, it doesn't always have enough power.
The same goes for apps—as apps become more capable, they become harder to run on an older device.
Unfortunately, this item will not help those whose devices are already slow due to these updates. If you have already updated, proceed to the next step, but next time remember that updating may slow down your device.
Private Access mode
You can make sure that temporary files are not saved at all. To do this, you need to go to the Safari browser. Click on “Bookmarks” in the lower right corner: a pop-up window will appear in front of you. Select the “Private access” option, from now on you can view any sites, and their data will not be stored and clutter up the memory of your tablet. In addition, no Internet user will be able to see whether you have visited a particular site. Your attendance history will always be empty. Just remember to close the pages after viewing.
Restart your iPad mini, Air or Pro using the instructions below
After deleting unused apps or files, you must restart your iPad, which will refresh the tablet's memory.
To restart your iPad, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until you see the power off slide, then turn off the device.
Then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button to turn on.
If your iPad is frozen, do a hard reboot:
Hold down the "Off/On" and "Home" buttons at the same time until the Apple logo appears.
Then turn on the device as usual.
Enable iCloud Photo Library
The service allows you to transfer files to cloud storage for quick access from any device from the Apple family. On iCloud Drive you can safely and conveniently store “tons” of gigs of music, videos, photos, documents, etc.
For information: 5 GB is given free of charge, for volumes from 50 gigabytes to 2 TB you will have to pay.
By using the cloud, the memory on the device itself is not cluttered.
To free up space on an iPhone (for example, eleventh), enable the iCloud Media Library by doing the following:
- Let's make sure that the current version of the operating system is used.
- Let's log in by specifying your personal Apple ID in the iPhone or iPad settings.
- Here, in “Settings”, click on the iCloud icon.
- Opposite the list of programs, drag the slider to the “On” position. (only for those who want to use with the cloud).
In the latest versions of Apple's operating system, media library synchronization is enabled by default.
