How to clear my Xbox One cache – Free up space on the console

Game consoles are used by many people today to entertain themselves with video games, but there are times when the internal storage of these consoles gets full. Therefore, it is necessary to delete the cache, here we will show you how you can delete this memory from your Xbox One.

How to clear the cache of my XBOX ONE – Free up space on the console

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1. What is the procedure to clear the cache on my Xbox One console?
2. How do I delete additional data that is stored on the console?
   1. Persistent data
   2. game data
   3. games and apps
3. How to backup data on an Xbox One?
   1. On a USB device
   2. using the cloud

What is the procedure to clear the cache on my Xbox One console?

Xbox One game consoles are much like a computer, these consoles store data that they use to work faster. This data is known as cache.

This needs to be removed from time to time as the console storage can fill up and the Xbox starts to crash or slow down. In order for you to remove this memory, you must do the following.

1. You must press the power button on your console for a few seconds until it turns off completely
2. Now, we disconnect the power cable from the console.
3. Then, you are going to press the power button several times in a row. After pressing the power button several times, you will wait one minute
4. Plug the power cord back into the Xbox Oneand wait a minute
5. Now turn on the console, this way your console cache should have been cleared.

How do I delete additional data that is stored on the console?

Xbox consoles not only store cache memory , they also store other types of files, which you must delete so that the console works correctly and you can fully enjoy the video games you have on it. If you see it necessary to have better performance, you can choose to update your video game console with your internet.

Persistent data

The data that you will need to remove from your console is the persistent data. This is a kind of secondary cache that you have to delete by doing other processes, since this is stored elsewhere in the console:

1. Grab the control of your Xbox One and press the Xbox button and then you will enter settings
2. Here you will go down through the options and enter ‘Devices and connections’and then you will open the Blu-ray option
3. In this section you will open the persistent storage option and when you are in that section you will click on ‘Delete persistent storage’. This will remove

game data

If after deleting persistent data and cache from your Xbox One you find that your console is still crashing, you will need to delete saved game data on your console .

One of the things you should know is that when you delete this data , the games that are saved, your profiles as a player, among other things, will be deleted. After deleting this data, you will not be able to go back, so you will not be able to reverse this action. So it is good that you create a backup of this data. For you to delete the game data you will have to do this:

1. Go to the home screen on your console and go into ‘Settings’
2. Already in the settings, you will enter ‘System’ and then you will open the ‘Storage’ option
3. When you open the storage, you will choose the ‘Manage storage’ option on the right side of the screen. Then, click on ‘View content’
4. Here are the games that you have installed on your Xbox One, you will open the one you want to delete the data and then click on the menu button.
5. Once in the game menu, go down and open the ‘Manage game’ option. Then, click on ‘Saved data’
6. Finally, go down and choose the game again to enter the saved data of this
7. Finally, you will use the options menu to delete the files that this game has saved and to know what information this specific file has.

games and apps

In our console we have games that we do not use and that it is necessary to eliminate in order to make our console a little faster. In this way, you will be able to remove or uninstall the applications that you do not use on your Xbox One.

1. You are going to start your Xbox console and you would be located in the ‘My apps and games’ section
2. After this, in the games section, you are going to mark the game that you want to uninstall and press the three lines and select the uninstall option.
3. After doing so, you should choose the ‘Uninstall All’ option. In this way, we uninstall all the games that you no longer use on your Xbox One console and you will free up space.

How to backup data on an Xbox One?

Before deleting game data, you need to create a backup to save this data in case you need it later. You will be able to protect this data in two ways and it is with a backup that you can create using any of these 2 ways.

On a USB device

1. One way to back up your Xbox games is with a USB. Press the ‘Settings’ option on your Xbox, then go to ‘System’. You will see the name of ‘Back up and transfer’ and you will enter there
2. Then, we choose the method to use to create the backup, which will be on an external device
3. Already in this section, you are going to choose the lesson that says ‘Back up my settings’ and then, you will check the statement ‘Keep this copy up to date’. Finally, choose the one you want to use for this copy