How to Keep Junk Out of Your Phone? That’s the big question and to find the answer you would need to dig deep into your phone’s browser.
Whether you’re using Google Chrome, Firefox, or Samsung Internet cookies and cache gets stored. This data can be helpful for websites you visit, letting them load faster with your accounts already logged in.
And there’s plenty of information in the cookies and cache of your browser that isn’t necessary and could even be a privacy risk.
How to Keep Junk Out of Your Phone
It’s good to clear out your cache every so often. It allows you to remove data you don’t need on your phone, especially if an unknown data tracker is among your phone’s cookies.
Do keep in mind that after you clear the data you’ll have to log back into some of your favorite websites. But all the junk will be cleared out if that’s what you are after.
You can delete your cookies and cache from within the Android version of Google Chrome. Start by first tapping the More button in the top right corner of the browser, indicated by a column of three dots.
Then tap History, then Clear browsing data. You can also access this from the Chrome Settings menu, tapping Privacy and Security, and then Clear browsing data.
Chrome also offers Basic and Advanced settings for clearing your Browsing history. Including cookies and site data, and Cached images and files.
You can use the Time range drop-down to select whether you want to delete the entire history or a selection of anywhere from the past 24 hours up to the last four weeks.
Tapping Advanced will also give you access to deleting Saved passwords, Autofill form data, and Site settings. After selecting what you want to delete, tap the blue Clear data button.
Cleaning other Browsers
To clear while in the Samsung Internet browser app, first tap the Options button in the bottom right corner represented by three horizontal lines, then Settings; scroll down to and tap Personal Data, then tap Delete browsing data to get a menu of options to delete.
You can clear your Browsing history, Cookies and site data, Cached images and files, Passwords, and Autofill forms in any combination. After tapping Delete data, you’ll then receive a prompt asking for you to confirm your choices before deleting.