Every time we visit a website on the browser, the records are created and stored in the local storage. It can be any form, like browsing history, site cookies, and file cache storage.
One of the significant chunks of storage within the browser is occupied by the cache storage, which typically contains images, CSS, javascript files, and other static elements that support the website. Also, these caches will sustain in your device and keep on eating your storage until and unless you have cleared it on your own.
These assets are stored for any period; some may be stored for years in the browser. At BrowserHow, I try to store the browser caching for up to a year, which differs based on file types. Perhaps some websites also store a cache expiry of 10 years, which’s significantly high and occupies a lot of storage space. It is better to clear the Safari cache iPhone in such a case.
Safari browser allows one to keep track of storage occupied by each loaded website. Even though it was loaded in the background, we can view the total storage occupied by each website we accessed on the browser.
View Site Cache Storage
The website data menu records the static cache in the Safari browser. Here you can see the total cache occupied against each website. Here are the steps to view the site cache storage:
- Open the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and choose the Safari menu from Settings.
- From Safari Settings, scroll to the bottom and tap the Advanced menu.
- Within the Advanced section, tap on the Website Data menu.
You can now view the list of websites and the amount of cache storage occupied by each website on your Safari browser.
Delete Site Cache Storage
If you’re experiencing slow loading, there is probably too much cache added to the browser storage. Therefore you need to manually clear the cache of Safari on your iPad or iPhone.
- Open the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and choose the Safari menu from the Settings page.
- From Safari Settings, scroll to the bottom and tap the Advanced menu.
- Within the Advanced section, tap on the Website Data menu.
- You’ve two options: tap the Edit command and delete selected website data or
- Tap on Remove All Website Data to delete in bulk.
It will delete the cache storage of all the websites that you’ve visited up to date.
Next time you visit any website, it might take a little while to load since the new files will be downloaded on the browser cache. Therefore, the clears all your cache and increases the storage space occupied by your browser.
Bottom Line
The websites try to store static assets that do not change very often. Hence, these websites try to hog the space for better loading performance.
It’s quite a great feature. However, it can cost the storage space. If you feel the occupied space is too much, you can quickly clear the cache to free up the storage space.
Let us know what you think about the feature to view the cache storage and clear the storage space in Safari. Also, how often do you clear the browser cache?
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