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Application menu You can open a menu at any time when you are using an application by pressing the key on your phone. The menu will look different depending on which application you are using. To open a menu in an application • While using the application, press . A menu is not available in all applications. Clearing your application data You may sometimes need to clear data for an application. This might happen if, for example, the application memory becomes full, or you want to clear high scores for a game. You might also want to erase incoming email, text and multimedia messages in some applications. To clear all cache for an application 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings. 3 Tap Applications > Manage applications. 4 Tap the desired application. 5 Tap Clear cache. It is not possible to clear the cache for some applications. To delete an installed application 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings. 3 Tap Applications > Manage applications. 4 Tap the desired application. 5 Tap Uninstall. It is not possible to delete some preinstalled applications. Permissions Some applications need to access parts of your phone to be able to work properly. For example, a navigation application needs permissions to send and receive data traffic, and access your location. Some applications might misuse their permissions by stealing or deleting data, or reporting your location. Make sure you only install and give permissions to applications you trust. To view permissions of an application 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings. 3 Tap Applications > Manage applications. 4 Tap the desired application. 5 Scroll down to view Permissions. 20 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Application menu
You can open a menu at any time when you are using an application by pressing the
key on your phone. The menu will look different depending on which application you are
using.
To open a menu in an application
•
While using the application, press
.
A menu is not available in all applications.
Clearing your application data
You may sometimes need to clear data for an application. This might happen if, for example,
the application memory becomes full, or you want to clear high scores for a game. You
might also want to erase incoming email, text and multimedia messages in some
applications.
To clear all cache for an application
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
.
3
Tap
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
4
Tap the desired application.
5
Tap
Clear cache
.
It is not possible to clear the cache for some applications.
To delete an installed application
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
.
3
Tap
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
4
Tap the desired application.
5
Tap
Uninstall
.
It is not possible to delete some preinstalled applications.
Permissions
Some applications need to access parts of your phone to be able to work properly. For
example, a navigation application needs permissions to send and receive data traffic, and
access your location. Some applications might misuse their permissions by stealing or
deleting data, or reporting your location. Make sure you only install and give permissions
to applications you trust.
To view permissions of an application
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
.
3
Tap
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
4
Tap the desired application.
5
Scroll down to view
Permissions
.
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