How to Boost your Fire TV Device Performance by Clearing Cache

Fire TV devices are considered as one of the best video streaming platforms because of their fantastic performance and processing power. Some of the Fire TV devices can even stream in 4K, which is enough to describe the processing power. But, problems like app crashes, lag, and slow speeds do not leave any device.

If you’re also experiencing such problems with your Fire TV device, then clearing cache will surely help. Most of the users found that their Fire TV device performance boosts after clearing the cache. If just erasing cache won’t fix app crashes, lag, or slow speed problem in a Fire TV device, then you can also try clearing cookies, application data or resetting your device settings. Here is how to boost your Fire TV device performance by clearing the cache. 

How to clear the cache on a Fire TV device

The best thing about Fire TV devices is that it enables the users to download applications that let them watch videos, play music, and a lot of other things. The apps you download in your Fire TV device have the cache stored temporarily in your device storage. Each application individually stores its cache and data, so you need to remove the cache from every app or the app, giving you trouble. Moreover, there isn’t any direct method to completely remove the cache data stored in a Fire TV device. Follow these steps to clear cache from applications of your Fire TV. 

1. Power on your Amazon Fire TV. If it is already running, then use the ‘Home’ button to go back to the home screen. 

2. Now, go to ‘Settings’ from the home menu. 

3. Select ‘Applications’ from the Settings menu. This opens an APPLICATIONS dialog on the screen. 

4. Go to ‘Manage Installed Applications.’ The applications installed on your Amazon Fire TV will now appear in the same box. 

5. Choose the app for which you wish to remove the cache. 

6. After selecting an app, choose ‘Clear cache’ option. Doing so erases the cache stored by that application. You can now try using your Fire TV to see the problem you’re experiencing. If clearing cache doesn’t help, also clear the cookies or complete data. 

7. Return to the MANAGE INSTALLED APPLICATIONS menu and select another app to remove the cache for it. This way you can delete the cache, cookies and even data of the application you want. 

8. Select ‘Clear Cookies’ for the apps that allow removing cookies as well. 

9. And, select ‘Clear Data’ to remove the complete application data. 

Important: If you select ‘Clear Data’ for an app, this will remove everything from the app, including app progress and login information. 

How to free up space on your Fire TV device by clearing cache and data

Low storage also tends to cause app crashes and slow device performance. Clearing cache and data of application also frees up space in your Fire TV device. Many apps cover a large amount of space after a time. You can find such applications in your Fire TV and clear data of it to get some free space. Here is how to find these applications. 

1. Go to the home screen of your Fire TV. 

2. Now, select ‘Settings’ from the home menu. 

3. Select ‘My Fire TV’ from the Settings menu. Instead, you may need to select ‘System’ or ‘Device’ in Fire TV devices running on older software versions. 

4. Then go to ‘About’ and select ‘Storage.’ You can now see the available storage on your device. If your device storage is really running out, then you need to clear the data of some apps. You can also remove the applications you don’t use or use rarely. 

5. Now, return to the ‘Settings’ menu and select ‘Applications.’ 

6. Go to ‘Manage Installed Applications’ to view all the applications installed on your device. 

7. Highlight the apps in the list to view its size and other details. 

8. Select the app has a large amount of cache size, or you don’t use anymore. 

9. Select ‘Clear cache’ to delete the cache. 

10. Or, select ‘Uninstall’ to remove the application with its complete data. 

11. Repeat the process with other apps to clear cache or uninstall them. 

After cleaning up your Amazon Fire TV, you’ll surely get a good amount of free space with improved device performance.

Edward Lewis is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.