Android CLEANit (SHAREit) cache: Yay or Nay?

[iPwnz]

The CLEANit feature of SHAREit just threw this out and it's not a mere 100-200MB. It's a whopping 5GB cache (which can be cleaned)!

What do you suggest I do with this? Should I go ahead or? I want to but I don't know if it will "accidentally" remove any essential or important file.

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

Delete Shareit. Use Google's Nearby Share for sharing files, available for Windows as well.

You can clear the cache w/o issues for almost all apps from my experience. Also, cache will get regenerated as required. I have been using 128GB internal memory phones with a 64GB SD card since 2017 (S8, then S20FE), space hasn't been an issue for me yet to be bothered about clearing the cache these days.

So no need for such cleaners.

 

[ibose]

E), space hasn't been an issue for me yet to be bothered about clearing the cache these days

+1, these apps are akin to Windows registry cleaners !

 

[iPwnz]

Already tried Nearby Share so many times. It's buggy.
Shareit works best.

 

[transform878]

Please use FOSS apps only.

Use Sharik for inside WiFI transfers. Extremely fast: https://github.com/marchellodev/sharik
No need app on other device.

Or use pairdrop.net for across wifi but slower.

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

Already tried Nearby Share so many times. It's buggy.
Shareit works best.

Working well for me, yet to face any issues honestly.

 

[rootyme]

Use this to clean your Android Cache:

Cache Cleaner | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Clean cache of installed user and system apps using Accessibility

f-droid.org

This is completely open source, ad free and.. It does everything in a transparent manner.

All you need to do is grant this app the permission for the accessibility service and it'd manually go to the 'app info' of every single app on your Android and automatically tap on 'Clean Cache' for you. Witnessing automation like this is satisfying.

 

[iPwnz]

Use this to clean your Android Cache:

Cache Cleaner | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Clean cache of installed user and system apps using Accessibility

f-droid.org

This is completely open source, ad free and.. It does everything in a transparent manner.

All you need to do is grant this app the permission for the accessibility service and it'd manually go to the 'app info' of every single app on your Android and automatically tap on 'Clean Cache' for you. Witnessing automation like this is satisfying.

Thanks. It will not delete crucial info will it?
4GB+ of cache is huge.

 

[t3chg33k]

Thanks. It will not delete crucial info will it?
4GB+ of cache is huge.

A lot of it is metadata and recently watched videos, so wouldn't be a problem if you are okay with some of the data loading again over a net connection.

 

[rootyme]

It will not delete crucial info will it?

Nope.