How to clear Google Play Store data and/or cache on BlueStacks 5

Why do I need to clear Google Play Store data/cache?

Google Play Store routinely collects data and saves it to curate recommendations for you based on your past preferences and your current location. Similarly, the cache is saved by Google to improve your user experience for app suggestions aligned with your interests.

However, Google data/cache may slow down a particular app's performance and you may want to clear these from your storage. 


How can I do it?

1. Launch BlueStacks 5 and open the "System apps" folder.

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2. Here, click on "Settings".

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3. Now, click on "Apps", as shown below.

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4. Now, scroll through your list of apps and select "Google Play Store", as shown below.

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5. Next, on the "App info" page, select "Storage".

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6. On the page that opens next, you will see two separate options to:

  • Clear storage
  • Clear cache

Click on the "Clear storage" or the "Clear cache" button, depending on your preference.

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NOTE: If you click on "Clear storage", both the Google Play Store data and cache are cleared automatically from storage and you needn't separately clear the cache. However, if you click on "Clear cache", only the Google cache gets cleared and you have to separately clear Google storage if you wish to.

7. A message will appear on your screen to confirm if you wish to delete the app data and/or cache. Click on "OK" to continue.

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8. Once the Google data or cache is cleared, the memory occupied by "Data/cache" will become 0 bytes, indicating that it has been cleared, and the respective button for it will be greyed out.

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Thank you for choosing BlueStacks. We hope you enjoy using it. If you have any further questions, please contact us at support@bluestacks.com. Happy Gaming!

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