This is how you reclaim storage space

Google Maps is the most important navigation app for many people in Germany. What many users do not know: the app takes up a lot of storage space over time. In How to, we explain how to clear your Google Maps cache.

Of course, smartphones enrich our lives immensely. But we also have to admit that they do harm us in some areas. It’s not about being dependent on your smartphone or suffering from having to reply to messages immediately.

Rather, many people also forget basic skills. This also includes navigation, for example. What young person today can still find their way around in a foreign area with a map? Admittedly, there are fewer and fewer.

Clear Google Maps cache: It’s that easy

In this case, navigation apps like Google Maps (for iOS and Android). We blindly trust their information and in this way unconsciously unlearn the ability to orientate ourselves. But of course Google Maps also saves us a lot of annoying cornering in foreign countries.

Another small disadvantage: Google Maps quickly takes up a lot of storage space on our smartphones when used intensively. For us it was several gigabytes. Therefore, it is essential to clear the cache from time to time. In “How to” we explain how to clear the Google Maps cache.

For this you open in the first step Google Maps on your smartphone.

Use the arrows under the heading to go back and forth.