Android - is there any negative impact when you wipe out RAM and CACHE data for all Apps at once? in Android phones, there are settings related to the phone's internal storage.

I am interested in two of those settings, "delete all RAM data for all Apps", &amp; "delete all CACHED data for all Apps", because each is larger than 100MB already according to the displayed info.


I thought until now that "cache" is part of "RAM"? Or what is the difference? There are two different options available so there must be some kind of difference I guess.
I like to know if it is totally OK to delete those 2 things (ram+cache) from time to time (&amp; for all apps)? I know that deleting cache has no negative effect, because I deleted cache of apps sometimes. But I never deleted RAM data. And the thing is also, the setting says "...for ALL apps". So there are apps like "contacts" "calendar" or other system relevant apps included. I am not sure if you can wipe RAM/cache of those kind of apps, too?


Thank you for help
I thought until now that "cache" is part of "RAM"? Or what is the difference? There are two different options available so there must be some kind of difference I guess.


RAM is the space in main memory used by running processes. Similar to the RAM used in desktops and laptops.

Cached data includes the files, images, scripts and other media files stored on your device by an website or app. Data is stored on your devices in a reserved space, so the next time when you are visiting the app or website, information is already available.


  I like to know if it is totally OK to delete those 2 things (ram+cache) from time to time (&amp; for all apps)? I know that deleting cache has no negative effect, because I deleted cache of apps sometimes. But I never deleted RAM data. And the thing is also, the setting says "...for ALL apps". So there are apps like "contacts" "calendar" or other system relevant apps included. I am not sure if you can wipe RAM/cache of those kind of apps, too?


There is no problem if you clear cache and RAM. In fact, you should do that regularly to keep your phone efficient. Even after you clear RAM, some processes would restart; so ignore them. Otherwise it would stop all processes that are not being utilised at the moment.