Google Nexus 5: How to Wipe Cache Partition

Learn how you can wipe cache partition on the Google Nexus 5.

[paulgjackson]

Thank you for posting this video it makes the process a lot clearer than some of the written instructions I've seen

[MaxHasManyHobbies]

Thank you so much, it worked. I was reading the first Google result for wiping the cache for Android 5, but the instructions were frustratingly wrong.

[davidhbyrne]

Hello there, very informative but, if I may be so bold... What does cleaning the partition cache do exactly?

[PrashanthAkunuri]

Thanks for the video. It took me a while and I was getting concerned but in the end it worked. Thanks.

[vaishnaviparekh]

I am doing this currently. It's been 5-7 minutes since it is wiping cache partition. it shows "Supported API :3 " and wiping cache...formating cache.
have i done something wrong or it generally takes this long? what should i do? how long should i wait for?

[ramdhas]

thanks for the video.. i'm doing it very often this as i'm having issues (real bad) with battery back up.. and this helps a bit

[matthewdavey]

Thanks for the guide! Hopefully this will help my Nexus 5 not be so slow!

[Flyer]

I tried to follow the written instructions but somehow they didn't work for me (for lack of clarity). This 2-mins video demonstrated the entire process in absolute and clear detail. Kudos for doing it so well.

A note: My Nexus 5 (with Android 6.0.1) took more than 5 minutes to wipe the partition. So don't panic: just wait. On the contrary my Nexus 7 tablet took no more than 10-seconds ( yes, seconds). Indeed I have no idea as to the reasons for this queer difference in behaviour.

[supereiht]

Ok, uninstalling or disabling google keyboard and then enabling it again worked for me. Cheers.

[mkygod]

I did this (nexus 5 w/ lollipop) and it took me like 20 minutes! Maybe I had a lot of stuff in my cache; i'd been using the phone for a solid year before i did this.

[nafpt]

Thanks for the video!
7 minutes on my n5! :D

[himekami]

Great video, got my phone working again~

[MarloBlue]

Thanks! Exactly the information i was looking for -

[heyhowsit]

This worked with my Nexus 6P, Thanks!

[praveenviswanath]

I am not able to start my Nexus 5 it stuck in the flying dot screen, i tried factory reset and clear cache as above in recovery mode but its giving failed to mount cache invalid argument  error and also if i plugged to my PC device is not detected, please can you help

[Xeroskillz]

awesome video thanks for going through step my step. hopefully my phone is fixed.

[kylechiuwt]

thanks. when I get to "formatting cache" and after 5 sec. it go to the "no comment" screen and kept flash. Cant complete the entire wiping process...only way i can do is to force stop. any way to fix this?

[Mrben]

Also doing a system reboot from safe mode will solve bootloop, good video though v useful

[Mephisto]

Is it a bad sign that I don't have the green android in the background while at the "formatting /cache" screen? I've been waiting about 10 minutes so far.

[MrLostLink]

This was a great tutorial, thank you!