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Apple Isn’t Making Your iPhone Slower. You Are

Apple Isn’t Making Your iPhone Slower. You Are! Whether you have an iPhone 6S, an iPhone X or a brand-new iPhone 13, our phones accumulate a cache of data in our web browsers (like Safari, Chrome and Firefox). If you don’t clear your cache, the data stored in your browsers clutters up your phone over…

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Apple Isn’t Making Your iPhone Slower. You Are! Whether you have an iPhone 6S, an iPhone X or a brand-new iPhone 13, our phones accumulate a cache of data in our web browsers (like Safari, Chrome and Firefox). If you don’t clear your cache, the data stored in your browsers clutters up your phone over time and might slow you down.

00:00 Intro
00:46 How Often Should You Clear Your Cache?
01:50 Clear Your iPhone Cache in Safari
02:45 Clear Your iPhone Cache in Chrome
03:50 Clear Your iPhone Cache in Firefox
04:36 Outro

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54 Comments

  1. resus fan

    August 5, 2022 at 4:19 pm

    Cnet….are you being intentionally dense?

  2. Arsh Singh

    August 5, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    This proves that APPLE owns CNET 🙂

  3. Shashank

    August 5, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    I don’t think you guys are relevant enough to be paid by Apple for such an obviously false title. Why do it then?

  4. Valhalla

    August 5, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    Did you guys pick up a random guy from the street to make this video?

  5. SeKToR

    August 5, 2022 at 5:19 pm

    3yrs on my note 10 plus still as fast as it was day1

  6. Raphael Dias

    August 5, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    What does Safari or web browsing has to do with system getting slow? People usually complain how slow their phones get after new iOS updates.

  7. Morgoth Bauglir

    August 5, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    Apple has already been proven to do this and anyone who has used iPhones for the past 5-10 years knows that

    Let’s not live in a fools paradise

    Another bs biased Video

  8. VIVEK CHOUDHURY

    August 5, 2022 at 5:47 pm

    You forgot to mention one thing at the end of the video – “Sponsored by Apple”

  9. Reynaldo Williams

    August 5, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    How much did Apple Pay you to say this?

  10. S G

    August 5, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    What about edge?

  11. Myo Thein Oo

    August 5, 2022 at 6:26 pm

    No. Apple purposely slow down iPad. My iPad Air 2 on iPadOS 15 is practically unusable. Slow animations, laggy and doesn’t respond to input. It’s like iOS 9 on iPhone 4s. I clean installed iPadOS 15 but it didn’t help and ended up giving away

  12. Anthony Thompson

    August 5, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    except apple said they underclock old iPhone in new updates to “conserve old batterys”.

  13. Happy Atheists!

    August 5, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    Then move to free world of Android

  14. Robert Bond

    August 5, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    This guy needs a link to a salad bar

  15. John Ekow

    August 5, 2022 at 8:47 pm

    I don’t think it’s an iphone only problem

  16. justaman

    August 5, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    Is this site becoming Apple Pro too now?

  17. 山乇丂ᑎIᑕᕼOᒪ

    August 5, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    The haircut looks good my man! very slick.👍🏻

  18. H3erobrine Notch

    August 5, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    This is straight up corporate propaganda by Apple. You’ve not supported the claim that Apple is not slowing down phones with any evidence. In fact Apple has been sued for this multiples times.

  19. Rapaduraman

    August 5, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    Clear cache? Seriously? Never thought about it. Been doing all that for the past 4 years in my iPhone X and it didn’t stop from losing performance.
    Would love to see a video more scientific about the topic. He does that on an iPhone 13, should have shown a Before and afetar on an older device.

  20. Gather Round The Fire

    August 5, 2022 at 9:45 pm

    Bruh…this is like common knowledge right? Dont leave all your connections on (Bluetooth, NFC, Wifi, turn off GPS when not in use, and clear the cache from all apps you use regularly. Simple.

  21. stealthshock1

    August 5, 2022 at 11:30 pm

    Cache doesn’t slow down your whole phone though

  22. Yummy Spaghetti Noodles

    August 5, 2022 at 11:31 pm

    They were literally caught doing this? I remember people came out and exposed Apple.

  23. Vince Longman

    August 5, 2022 at 11:39 pm

    Apple was caught slowing iPhones and fined/sued for no disclosure. Although hopefully shouldn’t be as bad now that iPhones finally have larger batteries, which should last longer before issues powering the CPU

  24. Vinhhotboii

    August 5, 2022 at 11:44 pm

    Great tip Please do iPAD

  25. Kennygaming20

    August 6, 2022 at 12:13 am

    Use the feedback app in ios 16 to complain about battery life. I bet if we all did it they would do something

  26. mohd noorain

    August 6, 2022 at 3:54 am

    Cheating caches and cookies will only help browse internet faster. It also depends if your device have available storage, your battery health and if it’s running the latest ios or not.

  27. Ed F

    August 6, 2022 at 4:19 am

    Glad I no longer use an iPhone since iPhone 4 when Apple started slowing them on purpose. Never looked back since.

  28. Douglas De Ford

    August 6, 2022 at 4:23 am

    I love your videos please help me out with this issue. Street addresses don’t really work in my country ,so in my own contact card, I am not able to add my address because Apple only uses an traditional addresses and does not has the option of using Geo location. Due to this limitation I am not able to use certain attributes like, in the reminders app to remind of a chore me when I get home, or leave home. Thanks

  29. Abu Hub

    August 6, 2022 at 4:40 am

    for me honestly I don’t need my browser to safe the cache so it will load faster next time I visit the same site. I prefer apple to add On/Off button for user to choose whether they want to allow the cache to be saved.

  30. Edicson m

    August 6, 2022 at 5:46 am

    What about apps cache to clear them like on Android?

  31. Andrew S

    August 6, 2022 at 8:49 am

    seems like this channel sold out

  32. Enes Üzel

    August 6, 2022 at 11:25 am

    Does it close my tabs?

  33. QMERT

    August 6, 2022 at 1:56 pm

    Apple update messed up my phone now I only have to put my phone on speaker to hear people talking it so low when it’s not on speaker

  34. Hani ElHaffar

    August 6, 2022 at 3:46 pm

    To crush your browser cache, see its content erased from before you, and to hear the lamentation of android users!

  35. Terry Kay

    August 6, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Damn how much did they pay bro to sell out… we all know what’s up ?? I mean its day and night 😂

  36. Ali Chougle

    August 6, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    What about Cache that apps accumulate

  37. Ozer Tuna

    August 6, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    I have done this for my iPhone SE ( 1 gen ) and iPad 6 , and it works ! Thank you 🙏🏻.

  38. Aman singh

    August 6, 2022 at 6:36 pm

    Recent I update now I get slow my iPhone 13 pro

  39. Parvez Ahmed Jalil

    August 6, 2022 at 7:51 pm

    How much are Apple paying you to say this CNET?

  40. Dami Fash

    August 6, 2022 at 11:35 pm

    Yeah but they are killing my battery

    iOS 15.6 is literally trash!!

  41. Michline Al

    August 7, 2022 at 1:12 am

    Not only their upgrade slow your phone down. Each new update of iOS also worsen the camera. It’s a great phone. But denying it is not honest. the storage space taken by iOS every update.

  42. Yudhveer Sharma

    August 7, 2022 at 1:53 am

    And what about other apps?

  43. usual suspect

    August 7, 2022 at 2:02 am

    This is why I don’t trust anyone or this dude on the internet!!! All lies yo!!!!

  44. Nathan Ung

    August 7, 2022 at 2:51 am

    Probably the dumbest video they’ve made…
    Cache data on your browser may affect your performance on your browser… it’s only gonna be affecting your browser!

    The reason your phone is slowing down each year is because with every new OS update, youre getting new fancy features on older and older hardware. Your hardware is not upgrading with the software. You’ve had the same hardware for years but youve gone through so many OS updates your phone is gonna have a hard time supporting all these new features.

    It’s like supping up a bike with an A/C unit, speakers, and a TV… you’re gonna have a hard time moving the bike the more “features” you put on. Youre gonna need to upgrade your engine… From peddling to an electric motor or something that runs on gas.

  45. hel frae

    August 7, 2022 at 4:15 am

    no! Apple is responsible for making our phones slow. If not, why would my iPhone 5c be so lag? It doesn’t even have any apps at all.

  46. kaye1118

    August 7, 2022 at 7:10 am

    i mean, whatever works!! perhaps also installing a new iOS on an older less capable device… 🤷🏼‍♀️🐌

  47. Random videos

    August 7, 2022 at 7:41 am

    My samsung (budget phone) clears it everynight at 12.

  48. Stormbreaker 82

    August 7, 2022 at 9:13 am

    This is where we part ways

  49. AK CHINA EXPLORER

    August 7, 2022 at 11:00 am

    Very nice and informative video thank you very much for your great and nice video….

  50. Rene Mandler

    August 7, 2022 at 11:34 am

    Clearing your cache will do the opposite of speeding up. It might speed up your phone if your phone is really out of storage and your cache is giant

  51. jestin

    August 7, 2022 at 11:35 am

    nah

  52. Justin Carlson

    August 7, 2022 at 3:32 pm

    Q: How do you speed up your iPhone?
    A: Clear Safari’s cache.
    Q: How do you speed up your IPHONE?!
    A: …

  53. Madulas Pag Basa

    August 7, 2022 at 4:03 pm

    Lol Clearly Paid Apple Video 🤣

  54. Andrew Kwok

    August 7, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    your videos can be explained in 30 seconds!

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