How To Clear Instagram Cache On Your iOS or Android

A cache is probably present in any app that displays images. The cache remembers information about the photographs so that in the future they will load more quickly.

Therefore, as you might anticipate, Instagram’s cache has the potential to become extremely large over time. Because of this, Instagram can be a real data hog for your phone, especially if storage space is getting low.

You will not have any problems clearing Instagram’s cache on either your iPhone or Android device. Here are the steps:

How to clear Instagram’s cache on an iPhone:

On an iPhone, the Instagram app must be deleted and reinstalled to erase the cache. This is the only method available.

• Locate the icon for the Instagram app either on your Home screen or in the App Library on your device.
• Tap and hold your finger on the Instagram icon until a menu appears, or until all the apps begin to jiggle. This will open Instagram.
• Select the “Remove App” button, which is represented by a minus sign in the upper-left corner of the icon.
• Confirm that you would like to remove the app from your device.

How to clear Instagram’s cache on an Android:

It is not necessary to delete the Instagram app from an Android device, nor do you need to log out of your account. There is a built-in mechanism within the Settings app that can be used to clear the cache.

• Launch the Settings app, then select Storage from the menu.
• Go to the Other Applications menu, then look for Instagram in the list of available apps and choose it.
• Hit the Clean Cache option.

You should see the Clear Cache button turn gray, and the Cache section directly underneath the Space Used heading should decrease to 0 bytes.