Clear Amazon Music Cache on Multiple Devices? Solved!

Amazon is devoted to bringing digital services to people around the world. From its digital music services, Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon Music HD or Amazon Music Free can access Amazon Music users to millions of songs on compatible Alexa-enabled devices with Amazon Music.

For free or not, it's perfect to have Amazon Music to stream songs. However, from time to time, you may find you device is running slower and wondering why. The answer is - Amazon Music cache. No worries. This article will tell you what Amazon Music cache is and how to clear Amazon Music cache on your device.

Part 1. What Is Amazon Music Cache and What It Is used for?

Have you noticed that the first time you browse a song can take a while but can stream it the second time?

The true is, when you browse through the library and stream a song from Amazon, the song that streams is stored as several contents and data on your device for later use. This is called caching and it creates cache, which is a reserve storage location that collects temporary data to help websites, browsers and apps load faster.

For Amazon Music app, there is Amazon Music cache which can load the same song faster but can take up lots of space on your device. Normal thing is that you can't prepare all the memory storage space on your device for cache and need to clear it from time to time to free more space up. This article will show you how to clear cache in Amazon Music and what should you know about it.

Part 2. How to Clear Amazon Music Cache on Multiple Devices

The Amazon Music on Android, Fire Tablets, PC, Mac now let you clear your cache. For Amazon Music app iOS clearing cache, there is no option but can refresh music. Follow the step-by-step guidance to learn how Amazon Music app clearing cache on multiple devices.

1. Clear Amazon Music Cache on Android and Fire Tablets

Open the Amazon Music app and tap the 'Settings' in the upper right corner. Choose 'Settings' from the list that appears and scroll down the 'Storage' section. You can see 'Clear Cache' option and tap it to clear Amazon Music Cache.

2. Clear Amazon Music Cache on PC and Mac

There are 3 ways available to refresh data for PC and Mac.

1. Sign out and sign in to the Amazon Music app on PC or Mac to enable a library resync and refresh data.

2. Remove the Data

Windows: Click the start menu and in the search box: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Amazon Music\Data and hit enter.

Mac: In Finder, type shift-command-g to open the 'go to the folder'. Next to type: ~/Library/Application Support/Amazon Music/Data.

3. Go to Profile - 'Preferences' - 'Advanced' - 'Reload My Music?' and click 'Reload'.

3. Clear Amazon Music Cache on iPhone and iPad

According to Amazon Music, there is no option to clear all caches on iOS device so the Amazon Music app doesn't have a 'Clear Cache' option on iOS. However, you can try refreshing music to clear the ever-bloating Amazon Music app iOS cache. Just select the 'Clear Icon' on the upper right to go to Settings. Click 'Refresh My Music' at the bottom of the page.

For iPad Amazon Music app users, sometimes the Refresh function can stop working on the Amazon Music app. To fix Refresh function, you need to clear the cache, but as stated before, there is no option to clear all caches on iOS device. No worries. Follow the steps to learn how to fix the refresh function.

1. Sign out of the Amazon Music app and close out app.

2. Go to iPad 'Settings' - 'General' - 'Storage'.

3. Find Amazon Music app from the list and select 'Delete App'(this will clear the cache)

4. Reinstall Amazon Music app and sign in. In this situation the music will need to reload and Refresh button should now work.

Part 3. What Troubles You Will Have After Amazon Music Clearing Cache

Now you have learned how to clear Amazon Music cache, there is more you need to consider about. True, clearing Amazon Music app cache seems to be not a big deal, however, when it comes to streaming the same songs again but without cache on Amazon Music app, it will reload the songs from the start online. This means that the cache that saves for offline listening won't work since it has been deleted and use mobile data that has been used before unless you turn on 'stream only on Wi-Fi'.

Unfortunately, if you don't want this trouble but want to be able to listen to Amazon Music offline, there's going to be a charge to enable you to download Amazon Music. Download service is included in Amazon Music Unlimited $9.99/month for non-prime customers or $9.99/month for prime customer.

If you already have Amazon Prime, then Amazon Music is available at no additional cost but problems also exist in Amazon Music offline listening. Even that your prime Music is still downloaded as cache for playback. Amazon Music clearing cache will delete the downloaded Amazon Music files at the same time. From time to time, you still need to go through the steps above for Amazon Music app clearing cache. To tell the truth, songs downloaded from Amazon Music won't take up less storage space for your subscription. Don't despair. If you are interested in freeing more space up but still want to be able to listen to Amazon Music while offline, a third-party tool like an Amazon Music converter will be a necessity.

Part 4. Best Methods to Keep Amazon Music for Listening Once and for All

Fortunately, here is where ViWizard Amazon Music Converter performs the best. Using ViWizard Amazon Music Converter, you can download and convert Amazon Music to universal files for offline listening. Amazon Music clearing cache is not a routine anymore. With ViWizard, you can still keep Amazon Music for offline listening while your device is running fast without Amazon Music cache to be cleared.

Key Features of ViWizard Amazon Music Converter

• Download songs from Amazon Music Prime, Unlimited, and HD Music
• Convert Amazon Music songs to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, FLAC, and WAV
• Retain the original ID3 tags and lossless audio quality of Amazon Music
• Support customizing the output audio parameters for Amazon Music

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Step 1Launch ViWizard Amazon Music Converter

Choose the right version of ViWizard Amazon Music Converter and download it. Once ViWizard Amazon Music Converter is open, it will load the Amazon Music app. Next you should make sure your Amazon Music account have signed in to access your playlists. Or you can browse the songs by playlist, artist, albums, songs, genres or search for a specific title to find the music that you want to keep for offline listening-the same as on Amazon Music app. One more thing is to drag them to the ViWizard or copy and paste the link to the search bar. Then you can see the songs are added and shown in the screen, waiting to be downloaded and converted.

Step 2Change Amazon Music Output Settings

One more thing that ViWizard can do is to change Amazon Music output settings for better listening experience. Click the menu icon - 'Preference' icon at the top menu of the screen. You can alter the parameters like format, channel, sample rate, bit rate, whatever you need to change. For output format, we here recommend you to choose MP3 for convenience. You can also choose the archive out tracks by none, artist, album, artist/album so you can easily file up the songs for later offline use. Don't forget to click the 'OK' button to save your settings.

Step 3Download and Convert Amazon Music Tracks

Before converting, please check the list again and notice the output path shown at the bottom of the screen. Here you can choose the output path and check the output files. Check the list and the output path again and press the 'Converted' button and now ViWizard Amazon Music Converter is working to download and convert Amazon Music. You can check the 'Converted' to check the converted songs to see their basic message such as title, artist and duration. If there is a mistake, you can click the delete button or 'Delete All' to move or delete the files in the converted window.

Conclusion

Now you know what the Amazon Music cache is and how to tackle with it after reading this article. Remember there is a way to help you free up the space and keep Amazon Music for listening once and for all--to download ViWizard Amazon Music Converter. Have a try, and you'll find it out.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.