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How to clear your Twitter cache on a mobile device to make the app run more efficiently

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To clear your Twitter cache, navigate to your profile settings in the app. Matt Rourke/AP
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Your iPhone caches all content that you read on Twitter in the app. While this makes it easy to read old content, even when offline, it unfortunately takes up space on your iPhone by holding data in your Twitter cache. 

You should delete your Twitter cache to save space on your phone, helping it operate more efficiently and freeing up space on your iPhone or Android

Note that everytime you scroll through Twitter the cache will fill up again. For that reason, you should regularly empty your cache.

Here's how to do it.

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How to clear your Twitter cache on a mobile device

1. Open the Twitter app on your iPhone or Android device.

2. Tap on your profile icon in the upper left hand corner.

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Tap on your profile icon.  Stephanie Lin/Business Insider

3. Tap on "Settings and privacy" in the menu.

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Tap on "Settings and privacy."  Stephanie Lin/Business Insider

4. Tap on "Data Usage" under the "General" submenu.

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Select "Data usage."  Stephanie Lin/Business Insider

5. Tap on "Media storage" and/or "Web Storage" under the "Storage" submenu.

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Tap on "Media storage" or "Web storage."  Stephanie Lin/Business Insider

6. Tap "Clear media storage" and/or "Clear web storage." Once done, you should see "Zero KB" in the two items under "Storage."

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Tap to clear your storage on Twitter.  Stephanie Lin/Business Insider

 

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Ryan Ariano grew up in Baltimore when the Macintosh was cutting edge, lived in Los Angeles as Blackberries gave way to iPhones, and now lives in Jackson Hole where his life is held together by Bluetooth. He writes on a wide range of topics but especially loves nerding out across the tech spectrum. Learn more about how our team of experts tests and reviews products at Insider here.