how to Clear application cache on iPad

Ok, I figured it out folks.

1. Connect the device (iphone/iPad) by the cable to your computer and open Safari on your computer.

2. Go to settings on the device and find Safari, scroll to the bottom where it says Advanced, put web connector on.

3. Now go to you Safari page on your computer, go to Safari preferences, and go to the Advanced menu. Select the box that says "show Develop Menu in menu bar."

4. Now you have two different ways to delete the cache/ address bar history. You can either:

a. Go to the new develop menu on Safari (while still connected by cable) and find your device. Clear cache.

Or

b. Go to your device (doesn't need to be connected anymore) to the website data mentioned above and it will give you ALL of the cache history. Delete what you want.

Hope this helps!

I was really hopeful for this technique but when I opened the new tab available in Safari it simply said something like no applications available or no cache data. I'm trying to clear iBooks cache specifically as I am using a HTML widget and it keeps storing the data... please someone help!!

"Apple iBrad

Right, something not many people know..

Open an app, preferably one thats likely to store lots of cache data.

Hold the power button until the power off slider appears.

Then hold the home button until the application quits to the home screen.

Notice the iPad/iPhone will hang for a few seconds.

Now your idevice has been updated to lightning fast iOS again. - Works well with a hard reset also."

just tried this on my iPad mini, works a treat,

thank you

Very nice and thank you for sharing this.

I've had the same problem by cleaning all cache from my iPad and I don't know if this method might work but you can try "hard reset" in order to clean al cache data from all apps

I have used successfully CCleaner for Ipad to clear the cache.

@JJazz77. Thank you for posting an Apple-native, sensible method to do this. Worked like a charm. A+

You rock! Thank you for the tip.

What version of iOS are you running and what model of iPad? I am running iOS 10.1.1 and there is no "Manage Storage" or "Documents and Data" menu selection.

Hi... I have not yet updated my iOS from 9.1 (13B143), so there may be a slightly different interface for that. I leery about going to iOS 10 due to the lack of space I have.

your method not only clears cache it deletes the app and all it's data. so if people want to keep their apps then dont do this..

Deleting an app isn't forever. Anytime you delete an app from an iOS device, you can reinstall it for free.