# Cleaning your droid phone's caches, DOES spread it up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394 "2017-09-03T11:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/1 "2017-09-03T11:15:34Z")
I finally got around to cleaning my droid’s cache. You have to Google the phone’s brand for instructions. Basically, you power off, then press vol down & power to get in diagnostic mode, then select clear cache. My phone is so much faster. Pages load quicker in Chrome. Even typing is faster and more responsive. It’s definitely worth the ten minutes to do it Well, I see autocorrect managed to screw up my thread title. Sneaky bastard changed speeded to spread. Thank you so much autocorrect. You worthless POS. Anyhow, clear your droid cache. You’ll be amazed at the difference. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/2 "2017-09-03T11:33:41Z")
Thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/3 "2017-09-03T11:54:27Z")
My phone had updated from Lollipop to Marshmallow in Feb. I’m sure that update left a lot of temp files in my cache. I’m amazed at how much faster Apps open. I also went into Chrome’s Settings, Privacy and cleared browsing data. I’ll probably get the Nougat update in the next few months. Whenever AT&T makes it available. I’ll clear the cache again after that update. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/4 "2017-09-03T13:51:29Z")
Where is his [cache](https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/9/9b/TC14_vd.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080505040743) and how do I clean it?😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/5 "2017-09-03T15:40:11Z")
Also, always, always turn off autocorrect 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/6 "2017-09-03T17:34:21Z")
You can also clear the cache without restarting, by going into Settings -\> Storage -\> Cache. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/7 "2017-09-03T18:20:33Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Well, I see autocorrect managed to screw up my thread title. Sneaky bastard changed speeded to spread. Thank you so much autocorrect. You worthless POS. Next, you can Google “how to turn off autocorrect” so you can’t blame it for your typos. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-your-droid-phones-caches-does-spread-it-up/795394/8 "2017-09-03T21:06:28Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My phone had updated from Lollipop to Marshmallow in Feb. I’m sure that update left a lot of temp files in my cache. > > I’m amazed at how much faster Apps open. > > I also went into Chrome’s Settings, Privacy and cleared browsing data. > > I’ll probably get the Nougat update in the next few months. Whenever AT&T makes it available. I’ll clear the cache again after that update. I doubt they’ll update it to Nougat. The newest OS is Android 8.0, or Oreo.