How to Speed Up Your iOS Device

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This guide gives some tips on how to speed up your iOS device.

by Cerulean Apple

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Note: If you cannot fully see the image, please press it to make it fullscreen. Tap it again to go back to the original size.

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Go to Settings.

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Go to General. Hint: Press the image to see it fully.

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First Tip | Delete Unused Apps

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Press Usage.

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This brings you to a page where you see what's eating your bytes. Get it?...

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I pressed one as an example. Here, I can delete separate videos and episodes. Note: Pocoyo and The Fresh Beat Band are not mine!😏

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Here's what an app documents' page looks like.

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Second Tip | Delete Safari History and Cookies

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Go to Safari. Hint: Press the image to see it fully.

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Clear the history means deleting the knowledge of the pages you've been to.

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Clear cookies means to delete login data, and any tracking things from the iOS device.

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Third Tip | Delete Certain Site Cookies

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Go to Safari. Hint: Press the image to see it fully.

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Go to Advanced. Hint: Press the image to see it fully.

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Go to Website Data.

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This brings you to a page where you can find sites that have cookies on your iOS device. Press Edit in the top right corner.

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You can delete certain data, just in case you don't want to lose that password you forgot 5 years ago.

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Josiah Atkinson - Fourth Tip | Clearing Your Multitasking Bar

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Quickly click your home button twice to display this bar. Hold down an app.

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Minus signs will come up. Press one to quit the app.

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Tada! This is very helpful for Skype, because Skype can run in the background forever...Thanks again, Josiah!

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You have just learned ways to speed up your device. Also, you can delete any excess photos to speed up your device. Doing this once a week keeps your device fast. Comment if you have more tips.

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I especially recommend this for people who have really slow FaceTime, get extremely delayed texts, or feel an overall lag in their iOS.

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I most definitely recommend this to people who have NEVER done any of these tips.

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