Clearing cache on your Android smartphone is one medicine for over a hundred diseases. If you have been experiencing any kind of issues on your OnePlus 6 lately, you may try clearing its cache. When it comes to clearing cache on a phone like OnePlus 6, many the users are usually afraid of losing their data. The appropriate steps to clear cache on OnePlus 6 without losing data are laid out in this guide. Before you clear cache on OnePlus 6 without losing data, it’s important to learn more about this device and how the cache works.
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OnePlus 6
The 6th smartphone of the OnePlus series was released by the Chinese smartphone giant back in 2018. This was the 2nd OnePlus smartphone to come with a notch in its display. The OnePlus 6 carried a 6.28-inch Full HD display with an aspect ratio of 19:9. The company used Gorilla Glass 5 to protect this phone’s screen.
OnePlus 6 was powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 CPU. Adreno 630 GPU was used for graphics. This phone was rolled out in various storage/RAM configurations including 8GB or 6GB RAM and 128GB or 256 GB internal storage. OnePlus 6 ran on Android Oreo out of the box. The phone was later updated to Android Pie.
As far as the cameras are concerned, the OnePlus 6 uses 2 of them at the back and one on the front. At the back, it has a 16MP + 20MP camera setup. On the front, it has a single 16MP camera. Right next to the rear cameras, OnePlus 6 has a fingerprint scanner. It uses USB Type-C for connection and charging. There is a headphone jack in this smartphone too. It has a 3300 mAh battery placed inside.
Those were all the specifications of this device. Let’s learn what is cache and how many types of cache are there in your OnePlus 6.
Cache on OnePlus 6
There are three types of cache on a smartphone like OnePlus 6 in general. First of all, there is the main cache of the entire smartphone. After this, there is the Internet Browser cache, and then there is the application cache.
The phone cache is responsible for running all the processes from booting up the phone to launching applications. This cache is there to boot the phone faster or launch the apps faster. Whenever you launch an application for the first time, its instance is recorded in the cache of your phone. When you launch the same application for the 2nd time, it doesn’t take long to launch. When something goes wrong with the cache of your phone, it can enormously slow down the processing speed of your phone. This is why you need to clear it often.
The Internet Browser cache keeps a record of all the websites you launch. When you launch a same website for the 2nd time, the cache comes in the play to launch that site faster. It doesn’t have to load all the elements from scratch. The cache loads the website instantly because of the recorded data.
The application cache makes the processes inside an application swift. For example, if you are running an application like Prisma or Snapseed, you can make photo-processing fast by clearing the cache of these applications. Similarly, if you want to finish the stutters and glitches from games like PUBG Mobile and Asphalt 9, you can try clearing their cache too.
Assuming that you have a clear idea of how the cache works on a smartphone, we can get back to the guide now. Take a look at the steps given below.
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You will not lose any data on your OnePlus 6 by following the steps given in this guide. The steps below elaborate how to clear the OnePlus 6 cache, Apps Cache on OnePlus 6, and the Browser Cache on OnePlus 6. All you have to do is to follow the steps carefully.
Clear cache on OnePlus 6 without losing data
These are the steps to clear OnePlus 6 cache.
- Boot your OnePlus 6 into Recovery Mode.
Turn off your OnePlus 6 first of all. Now press and hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power button to boot into the Recovery.
- In Recovery, click on “Wipe data and cache”.
As you enter the recovery mode, enter your password to access it. If you are not using any password, just click the enter button without entering password. As you are in the main menu of recovery, click on “Wipe data and cache”.
- Wipe the Cache now.
As you click on Wipe data and cache, you will find an option to “Wipe cache”. Click on this option and then click on “Yes”. The cache will be cleared now.
- All done. Reboot the OnePlus 6 now.
You will now see the option to reboot the phone now. Reboot it. As you enter the Home Screen, check the performance of your phone. Also check the issue that you cleared the cache for.
Clear App Cache on OnePlus 6
- On your OnePlus 6, open Settings.
- In Settings, go to Apps and Notifications.
- Now click on “See All Apps”.
- Select the application now, for example, Booking.com app.
- Now click on “Storage” inside the settings of that app.
- Click on “Clear cache”. You can also click on “Clear data” if needed.
- Reboot your OnePlus 6 now.
- App cache has been cleared.
Clear Browser Cache on OnePlus 6
- Open the Google Chrome Browser on your phone.
- Click on the hamburger menu icon on the top-right corner.
- Click on “Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing data”.
- Select the data you want to clear. For example, cookies, history, cached pages.
- Clear the data now.
- Close the Google Chrome Browser and open it again.
Final Words
You have successfully cleared all three types of cache on your OnePlus 6 now. It should help you to fix many problems and also boost the battery life of your OnePlus 6. If you have any further questions, you can drop them in the comments section below. We will try our best to respond back as soon as possible.
