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How to View Cache and Storage Space on Samsung Internet

The Samsung Internet browser can view each website’s cache size and storage space. The cache details are available in Samsung’s manage web data tab. You can tap the trash button to clear the storage cache and empty the browser data. It will also delete the stored cookies of the sites and recover the storage space.

View Site Cache and Clear Storage on Samsung Internet

When you surf the internet and face any issue in website loading, the most common advice you’ll hear is to clear your cache or storage space on Samsung Internet. Some of the users might be aware of those terms. However, not everyone knows how to view and manage cache and storage space on Samsung Internet.

The cache is the process of storing website data on local storage, so the browser doesn’t need to download it each time you visit the website. However, it becomes essential to clear cache and occupied storage space, in the long run to ensure your browser works well.

If you continually use the browser, the storage space will fill up rapidly with website information such as images, login information, etc.

Whatever the reason may prompt you to check the cache and storage space in Samsung Internet, this article will prove helpful to you.

View Cache and Storage

Samsung Internet lets you view your browser’s cache and other storage files. This will display the size of the cache occupied at every site has occupied. We cannot see the individual files since they are not human-readable. Here are the steps to view the cache and storage space:

  1. Launch the Samsung Internet browser on your Android phone.
  2. Tap on More horizontal 3bar icon for the menu list.
  3. Select the Settings menu.
  4. Under the Advanced section, choose the Sites and download menu option.
    Sites and download menu in Samsung Internet
  5. Tap on the Manage website data tab.
    Manage Website Data settings in Samsung Internet

It will display the list of all the websites you’ve visited and the cache size occupied by the site.

View Cache size on Samsung Internet

You can correlate as the higher the cache, the most visited site. Perhaps, this might be a wrong assumption if the site is image-heavy.

Clear Cache and Storage

If you run out of storage, it is good practice to clear the storage space on Samsung Internet. The growing storage space will affect the browsing speed and increase the website loading time.

To ensure a smoother browsing experience, we would recommend you clear your browsing data from time to time. Here are the steps to clear cache and storage space:

  1. Launch the Samsung Internet app on your Android phone.
  2. Tap on the More horizontal 3bar icon menu button available at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Select the Settings menu.
  4. Under the Advanced section, choose the Sites and download menu option.
    Sites and download menu in Samsung Internet
  5. Tap on the Manage website data tab.
    Manage Website Data settings in Samsung InternetThis will display the list of sites along with the corresponding cache size.
    View Cache size on Samsung Internet
  6. Tap on the Delete menu button.
  7. Enable the checkboxes for the website to clear the site data.
    Delete selected cache storage site from Samsung Internet
  8. Hit on the Delete command button.

It will immediately delete the cache and storage of the selected site.

You can also choose an entire site and clear the site data. An easy way to delete the site data from Samsung Internet is using the delete browsing data option under privacy settings.

Bottom Line

The cache files and storage space occupied by other information, i.e., cookies, and browsing history, play a vital role in reducing the site loading time. With the above steps, you can do so when you need to check the cache and storage space on Samsung Internet.

If your browser starts misbehaving or fails to load the latest website version, it is an intelligent thought to clear storage space. By clearing storage space, you will experience a smoother browsing experience.

What are your most heavily cached sites on the Samsung browser? Is it any news site or social media? An image-heavy site like Instagram will, of course, be a leader.

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Suresh Choudhary

Suresh has done a Master of Computer Application in Computer Science and has extensive knowledge of computer technology and application. He has 5+ years of experience in technical content writing and writing how-to tutorials. He uses Samsung Internet as the primary browser on his phone. Connect with Suresh on LinkedIn.

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