If you are faced with the fact that Instagram does not load the feed or stories, constantly crashes or does not update, clearing the application cache will help you. It will also free up memory on the phone, which is especially important for smartphones with little memory.
What is Instagram cache
How to clear Instagram cache on iPhone
How to clear Instagram cache on Android
How to clear Instagram search cache
What is Instagram cache
Cache is a folder in the internal memory of a smartphone where temporary files and copies of Instagram pages are stored. These are mainly user preferences (for example, saved passwords), previously downloaded content, reports, and application information about the actions performed.
The cache is required for the application to work quickly. For example, Instagram loads some pages from the cache, thereby speeding up the loading process and saving traffic. But often the cache also stores outdated data, which can grow to a significant size, taking up a large amount of memory. Because of this, the application may slow down, give errors, crash, not update or not load content. In this case, you may need to clear the cache on Instagram.
How to clear Instagram cache on iPhone
To delete the cache in the phone memory, go to “Settings” – “General” – “iPhone storage”. Find the Instagram app in the list. If the cache is significantly larger than the weight of the application itself (3-5 times or more), it is recommended to clear it. To do this, uninstall the Instagram app and reinstall it. After that the entire cache will be cleared. All correspondence, publications and account settings will be saved, you only need to log in again. Please note that if you click “Download Application”, the application will be deleted, but its cache, on the contrary, will be saved.
There are many applications designed to clean up iPhone memory from unnecessary and temporary files. But in practice, they all just get rid of duplicates in contacts, unnecessary photos and videos, they do not clear the cache on iOS well. Therefore, if your goal is to free up memory, they are fine. For example: iMyFone , Phone Cleaner or Battery Saver . If the problem is in the errors and freezing of the Instagram application, we recommend reinstalling it.
How to clear Instagram cache on Android
Android smartphone users are more fortunate – they don’t have to uninstall the Instagram app like they do on the iPhone. You just need to go to “Settings” – “Applications”. Find in Instagram list – “Memory” – “Clear cache”.
To delete the cache of all applications at once and free up memory on your smartphone – use the CCleaner or Super Clean application .
How to clear Instagram search cache
Deleting your Instagram search history is not essential, but it will also help increase the speed of the application and free up some memory. However, the main purpose of cleaning is still privacy. For example, you don’t want the other person to know your interests: what mutual acquaintances you looked at, what bloggers they looked for.
Profile ads also depend on your Instagram search history. For example, you were looking for New Year’s decor for your home and bought everything you need. But advertising for this request will continue to pursue, annoying, since it is no longer relevant to you. Therefore, in order to get rid of unwanted ads in your profile, hide your interests from prying eyes and simply increase the speed of the application, remove search queries. There are two ways to do this on Instagram.
Method 1:
- Open Instagram and click on the magnifying glass icon in the bottom menu of the application.
- Click on after with search, you will be shown the entire history of the search. If you want to delete a selective record, click on the cross next to the request. If you want to delete the entire search – click “All” – “Clear all”.
Method 2:
- Open Instagram and go to Settings – Security – Clear Search History.
- If you want to delete a selective record, click on the cross next to the request. If you want to delete the entire search – click “Clear All”.
With frequent use of Instagram, the cache will inevitably be collected again, so you will have to repeat the cleaning periodically. But you should not overdo it and do it every month, it is better to uninstall it as needed, for example, when the application becomes much slower or crashes.
