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How to Clear Cache on Instagram

How to Clear Cache on Instagram

Instagram offers no clear-cache button inside the app, so this film clears it through Android Settings instead: Settings > Apps > Instagram > Storage, then Clear cache. On the phone filmed, the cache drops from 386 MB to 0 B and the total from 1.26 GB to 878 MB - App and Data are untouched.

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  • SystemAndroid
  • AppInstagram
  • Last verifiedNovember 12, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open Settings

On the home screen, tap the Settings gear.

Open Settings

Tap Apps

In Settings, scroll down and tap Apps.

Tap Apps

Tap Instagram

In the Apps list, find and tap Instagram - it shows 879 MB here.

Tap Instagram

Open Storage

On the Instagram App info page, tap Storage. It shows 1.26 GB used in Internal storage.

Open Storage

Tap Clear cache

At the bottom right, tap Clear cache. Before clearing, the screen reads App 405 MB, Data 473 MB and Cache 386 MB.

Tap Clear cache

Check the cache is 0 B

Cache now reads 0 B and Total drops from 1.26 GB to 878 MB. App and Data are unchanged, so clearing the cache does not log you out or delete your data.

Check the cache is 0 B

Good to know

  1. There is no clear-cache option inside Instagram itself - the film uses the phone Settings route (Settings > Apps > Instagram > Storage).
  2. Clearing the cache does not log you out or delete saved data: App (405 MB) and Data (473 MB) are identical before and after; only Cache (386 MB) drops to 0 B.
  3. The narration says the total was 1.56 GB; the screen actually reads 1.26 GB before clearing and 878 MB after.
  4. The film also shows the Clear data option and its warning - “All of this application’s data will be deleted permanently” - but never taps OK, so no data is deleted on camera. Clear data is a separate, destructive step: it would sign you out and wipe the app’s stored data.
  5. The Apps list shows Instagram as 879 MB - that is App plus Data only, and does not include the cache.
  6. The phone filmed is a Samsung running One UI on Android, and Instagram is version 410.1.0.63.71; menu names can differ on other Android phones.

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