How to Clear Cache, History, and Cookies on Android phones or tablets

Clear Cache, History, and Cookies on Android phones or tablets?

You must clear cache, history, and cookies on your Android phones or tablets to keep them running well. It is important that you regularly perform maintenance on your Android phones and tablets. Over time, as you use your browser, your Android tablet will accumulate temporary data that may slow down the tablet. When you access various websites, the browser automatically keeps history of the websites you visit. Many websites will drop cookies into your tablet to use the next time you visit the website. These cookies contain tracking information, login data, or information about what you looked at the last time you visited the website.

Your browser will also store website data in cache for frequently visited websites to minimize how much data needs to be downloaded the next time you visit the website.

The procedure to clean up the cache and history varies depending on which internet browser you are using.

Clear cache, history, cookies in the Android Browser

If you are using the Browser app to access the internet, use this procedure:

Open Browser
Touch the menu button in the upper right corner
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy and Security
To clear cache, Touch Clear cache, then Touch OK on the Clear Cache pop-up
To clear history, Touch Clear history, then Touch OK on the Clear History pop-up
To clear cookies, under the Cookies heading, Touch Clear all cookie data, then Touch OK on the Delete all Cookies pop-up

Clear cache, history, cookies in Chrome

If you are using Chrome (Android 4.x + only), then use this procedure:

Open Chrome
Touch the menu button on the upper right corner
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy and security
Touch Clear browsing data
Choose a Time range – “All time” will clear everything, or you can choose a smaller time range.
Touch the check box next the the data you want to clear, then Touch Clear data

More of the Same...

Change the language on Android phones and tablets

It is possible to change the language on Android phones and tablets, however, you cannot change the language of the Android operating system. If you change the preferred language, the menus of your OS will remain in the original language of what was installed on your tablet. However, you can input data using a different language.

How to setup Proxy Server on Android Phones and Tablets?

How to setup Proxy Server on Android Phones and Tablets? This post will explain how to setup proxy server on Android phones and tablets. Some

Airplane Mode for Android Phones or Tablets

You should use Airplane Mode for Android phones or tablets if you travel a lot on airplanes. All airline carriers will require that you either turn off your Android phone or tablet or enable Airplane Mode. All Android devices have the option to turn it on. This option can also be used in other situations such as if you’re watching a movie or in a meeting.

Locked or Unlocked? Check your Android phone or tablet

Is my phone or tablet locked or unlocked?
How can you easily know if your Android phone or tablet is locked or unlocked. Maybe you want to change the cellular service you are using, or maybe you want to change the mobile data service. It should be as simple as changing the SIM card to change cellular service or data service.