When you get swept up in the whirl of watching videos on TikTok, it 027s hard to stop and stop swiping up. Watching videos one after another causes the app to accumulate data and cache, therefore increasing the storage it occupies. So, if you 027re someone who spends half the day on TikTok, you might be interested in trying this method to free up the storage space that it has accumulated over the time you 027ve been using it.
Because if, by chance, you got lost in your smartphone settings and saw that TikTok is one of the apps using the most storage space on your phone 027s memory, with this solution you 027ll be able to reset the counter so the app takes up as little space as possible without affecting its performance.
Clear TikTok cache and data to free up space on iPhone and Android
Although on Android devices you have more control to delete apps 027 cache and data, in the case of TikTok it includes a section from which we can manage all the space it is occupying. Even on iPhones. To make the most of this useful feature, we can follow these steps.
First, open TikTok and go to your profile screen. There, tap the menu icon (three horizontal lines icon in the top right corner).
That will open a dropdown where you 027ll see the Settings and privacy option.
Once in Settings and privacy, scroll down where you 027ll find Free up space.
Inside Free up space you 027ll see the amount of memory that TikTok is occupying overall.
You 027ll also see that you can delete both the cache and the downloads.
Clearing TikTok’s cache will remove videos and recurring elements that the app stores in the background so they don 027t have to be constantly re-downloaded; it won 027t affect you in any way, although over time and with use, the cache will fill up again with this kind of data.
On the other hand, deleting TikTok data will remove stickers, effects, or offline videos (that you voluntarily downloaded to watch offline) or even gifts. However, you can download them again when you need them.
In short, if you 027re short on storage space on your device and you use TikTok day and night, now you know you can clean it up so the app stops taking up so much space.
