How to Clear YouTube App Cache on iPhone

Updated Mar 07,2018 | by Niko

As we know, clearing the App cache can free up memory, so nowadays more and more apps have the option to clear the cache and data generated by using the app. Normally you can find such option within the app itself under "Settings". But YouTube is not one of them.

YouTube only supports clearing watch and search history in Settings. However, besides history, there are other caches, cookies, and junk files generated by YouTube. That's why clearing the history is far from enough in most of situations.  How exactly to clear YouTube app cache on iPhone? You can try the following two methods.

Data and caches stored by YouTube can be cleaned out by using the Usage option in Settings of your iPhone. Follow these steps to clean YouTube caches manually:

Step 1: Tap Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage.

Step 2: Tap Manage Storage in the top section (Storage).

Step 3: Find and Tap YouTube>>Tap Delete App

Step 4: Head to the App Store to re-install it. And this will be a clean install without any data and documents.

If your iPhone system version is newer than iOS 11.0, there will be a little difference:

Step 1: Tap Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

Step 2: Find and tap YouTube>>Tap Offload App or Delete App as per your own needs.

Step 3: Head to the App Store to re-install it. 

To avoid this, it is better to clean out the cookies, caches, and junk files with the help of the third-party tools. One of the most reliable and free tools is IOTransfer which can help you clear YouTube cache and caches of all other apps on iPhone efficiently in a very simple way. Let’s see how IOTransfer works.

IOTransfer has the function to clear all iPhone apps’ caches in the fastest and most effective way to make space on your iPhone, you can try it totally free by following the steps below:

Step 1: Download IOTransfer and install it on Windows system, supporting Windows 10/8.1/8/7

Step 2: Launch IOTransfer, and connect iPhone or other iOS devices with a USB cable. iPhone and other iOS devices will be recognized immediately by IOTransfer.

Step 3: Go to the CLEAN tab and click Clean My iPhone. 

Check the full video guide below for how to clear app cache on iPhone all at once:

The above 3 steps are all you need to do to clear App caches on iPhone with IOTransfer. By this method, the caches of all your apps installed will be removed without deleting other useful app data. So we highly recommend IOTransfer for you to clear the app caches.

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