Junk files are one of the most unknown inhabitants of our devices. Without knowing anything about them they are in our cache and can significantly affect the performance of our equipment.
Although it is true they were developed for improve our experience as users it is also correct to say what causes complications if we do not remove them from our devices.
We have analyzed the different tools that exist to to be able to delete this data from the virtual memory of each of our electronic components. We will demonstrate each of the steps that are necessary to eradicate data from the cache and we will recommend the best programs and applications that exist so that you can perform scheduled maintenance.
What programs leave files in the virtual memory of our devices?
There are different programs that, little by little, are storing your data in our virtual memory of the different devices that we may have.
Next, we will show each of these programs:
Internet pages
One point to take into account from programs that generate temporary files is when we browse the Internet.
Every time we visit pages or websites, without us noticing, they are depositing small data that will be stored in the virtual memory of our device in order to obtain information from us and thus improve our navigation.
In other words, these junk files are installed through our browser.
Operating system
The operating system is a great file generator that fills the cache that we have on our devices, since it needs to generate temporary files for its proper functioning so that they can serve as support for the different functions it performs.
Once it finished processing the data packet it’s evicted into virtual memory and is useless for anything in the future.
installed apps
The programs or software that we have installed on our devices they also deliver a large amount of data to virtual memory or files that are hosted on it.
As with the operating system, these programs are necessary to be able to function correctly for the different apps that we have on our device, and thus we can have good experiences as a user and better browsing speeds, faster loading of images.
Thanks to these files we do not need to load the data again in those apps that need to identify us.
What are the benefits of removing the cache from our mobile or computer?
When we eliminate the cache of our device, be it a computer or our mobile, we obtain benefits.
Some of these advantages are detailed below:
Improves the storage capacity of our hard drive, thus generating a greater utility of it and its reading head, because by working less, the rate of wear is lower, causing the temperature with which the SSD rotates to be controlled. In this way the useful life of all our hardware is extended.
When there is more storage capacity programs work better because they have more space to be able to install those backup files that they need to be more efficient.
When we delete the files from virtual memory, we are also granting benefits for antivirussince these programs are very large and often need a lot of space.
Many times we do not install an antivirus due to lack of disk space, therefore, when we clear it of useless data, we can install this kind of security programs.
When sweeping virtual memory We are also collaborating with RAMin this way we can obtain a much faster and more agile storage device to deliver to the processor all the data it needs, causing a smaller amount of time in which we request the information and receive it.
Delete cache too means increasing our level of privacyIn it, different viruses or malware are hidden through the browser, as well as those files that contain advertisements and are annoying.
Steps to delete the cache of our Windows 10 PC
The steps that we can give you to eliminate the cache of our PC with a Windows 10 operating system are the following:
From Disk Cleanup
When we need to clean the cache through the tool that Microsoft offers us internally, we can do it with this step by step:
- We’re going to “Start”identified with the Microsoft logo at the bottom of our screen
- we will write “Disk Cleanup”
- We select the configuration panel
- We choose the option “Disk Cleanup”
- We will have to activate “Downloaded Program Files”
- We remove the box “Temporary Internet Files”
- Next, we choose “To accept”
Freeing up RAM
RAM memory is the fast storage unit that is designed to deliver all the data needed by the processor in a way.
In order to clean it we can carry out this guide:
- We choose the option “Start”
- We immediately wrote “Task Manager”
- We choose the application by clicking on it
- A box will appear with different options, which will show us the processes that are active, the performance of the CPU, memory, etc. It will also show us an application history among other details, to which we choose the tab “processes”analyzing the percentage that it has of yields
- We click on the application that we want to delete
- Later we select “Finish homework”
Another way to quickly access task manager is to perform the key combination:
- “Ctrl + Alt + Delete”
- we choose “Task Manager” and follow the steps indicated
If we need to generate a lower and upper limit to virtual memory to improve its performance, we will perform these steps:
- We’re going to “Start”
- we select “Control Panel”
- We look for the option “System”
- We click on “Advanced system settings”
- we choose “Advanced Options”
- We look for the option “Performance”
- We click on “Setting”
- we choose the flap “Advanced Options”
- we select “Virtual memory”
- We click on “Change”
- And we write the limits that we need for RAM
from terminal
We can delete temporary files from Windows 10 settings. To do this we will go to:
- We click on “System”
- We look for the option “Storage”
- we choose “This team”
- We select the temporary files
- We click on “To accept”
After a few minutes we will have our computer clean of junk files.
To delete the cache from our computer We will carry out the steps that we detail below divided according to the browser we use.
firefox:
- We’re going to “Tools”
- We click on “Clear private data”
- We choose the option “Cache”
- we select “Clear private data now”
Safari:
- We click on “Safari”
- we select “Empty Cache”
- We choose the option “Empty”
Opera for Windows operating system:
- we select “Tools”
- we seek “Options”
- We click on “Advanced”
- We look for the option “Record”
- we choose “disk cache”
- We click on “empty now”
- we select “To accept”
Opera for MacOS:
- we select “Opera”
- We look for the option “Preferences” and we click on it
- we select “Advanced”
- we seek “Record”
- We click on “disk cache”
- Next, we choose “empty now”
- We click on “OKAY”
In Chrome:
- we choose “Plus”
- We look for the option “More Tools”
- We click on “Clear browsing data”
- We choose the interval that we want to delete, if we want to delete all the data we will click on “All Periods”
- We look for the boxes “Cookies and other site data” Y “Cached files and images” and we activate them
- we select “Clear the data”
With external software
If we want to use an external software we can use “Win Utilities Free”which is free to download and with simple steps we can clean our device.
We detail those steps:
- We open the application
- we choose “modules”
- We look for the option disk cleaner
- We click on Next
- We select the method of analysis that we want to carry out, which will depend on the depth of the analysis.
- we select “Okay”
- After a few minutes, it will issue a report about the result it obtained
- we choose the flap “Status”
Steps to clean the virtual memory of our MacOS computer
We can clean virtual memory through the tools that we present below for our Mac.
From system tools
To clean the virtual memory of our Mac we will carry out these steps:
- We go to the Apple icon
- we select “System preferences”
- We look for the option “Share and click on it”
- we select “Content caching”
- we choose “Options”
- We look for the option “Restore”
- We click on “Restore” again
With an external program
Onyx. This free application allows us to clean the cache and automate this option on our Mac.
To do this we will do the following steps:
- We open the application
- we select “Cleaning” and we look for the disk units that we want to analyze
- We choose the period
- We click on “Run”
Steps to delete the cache of our computer with Linux
To clear the cache when we use a Linux system we are going to do it according to these steps:
Cleaning RAM in Ubuntu
We are going to start this task through the start of the terminal using the command “Ctrl + Alt + T.”
Next, we will type this command:
- sudo su
- sync && echo 3
- /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
In this way we have entered as root and we will obtain the cleaning of the buffer with with sync.
At the same time we are deleting the cache without deleting any apps.
Creating a Script
We need to perform the cleaning automatically, for this we will write these functions:
- $ sudo su
- # nano /root/clear_cache.sh
- #!/bin/sh
- sync; echo 3
- /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Automatic and also periodic function
Once we already have a script to do it automatically, what would remain is that it is automation that can be done for certain periods.
Let’s generate this command:
- 0 * * * * /root/clear_cache.sh
Steps to delete the cache of our Android or iOS mobile
To delete the cache of our mobile device we will carry out the steps that we indicate below.
on android
If our mobile has an Android operating system we will carry out this guide:
- We’re going to “Settings”
- we select “Applications”
- The option “See all apps”
- We click on “Plus”
- we select “Storage”
- we choose “Clear cache”
on iOS
Our iPhone device will do this step by step to clear the cache:
We can do it in a direct way, following these…
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