Sony Xperia Z5 Dual Help Guide - Page 65

Resetting Your Applications, Application linking

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update feature both in the Play Store™ app and the What's New app (where available) to avoid the automatic updating of apps. To Enable or Disable Automatic Updates for All Applications in the Play Store 1 From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap . 2 Tap , then tap Settings > Auto-update apps. 3 Select the preferred option. To Enable or Disable Automatic Updates for All Applications in What's New 1 From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap . 2 Tap , then tap Settings > Auto-update apps. 3 Select the preferred option. Application linking Your device can determine the default app to handle a particular web link. This means that if the link is set, you don't need to select an app each time you open a link. You can change the default app any time you want. To manage app links from the Settings menu 1 From your Homescreen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Tap and find Opening links. 4 Select the app for which you want to set the supported links. 5 Set the Opening links property to Open in this app option. Resetting Your Applications You can reset an application or clear application data if your application stops responding or causes issues with your device. To Reset Application Preferences 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Tap , then tap Reset app preferences > RESET APPS. Resetting application preferences does not delete any application data from your device. To Clear Application Data 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Select an application or service, then tap Storage > CLEAR DATA > OK. When you clear application data, data for the selected application is deleted from your device permanently. The option to clear application data is not available for every application or service. To Clear Application Cache 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Select an application or service, and then tap Storage > CLEAR CACHE. The option to clear the application cache is not available for every application or service. 65 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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update feature both in the Play Store™ app and the What's New app (where available) to
avoid the automatic updating of apps.
To Enable or Disable Automatic Updates for All Applications in the Play Store
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then
find
and tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Settings
>
Auto-update apps
.
3
Select the preferred option.
To Enable or Disable Automatic Updates for All Applications in What’s New
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then
find
and tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Settings
>
Auto-update apps
.
3
Select the preferred option.
Application linking
Your device can determine the default app to handle a particular web link. This means
that if the link is set, you don’t need to select an app each time you open a link. You can
change the default app any time you want.
To manage app links from the Settings menu
1
From your Homescreen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Tap
and
find
Opening links
.
4
Select the app for which you want to set the supported links.
5
Set the
Opening links
property to
Open in this app
option.
Resetting Your Applications
You can reset an application or clear application data if your application stops
responding or causes issues with your device.
To Reset Application Preferences
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Tap
, then tap
Reset app preferences
>
RESET APPS
.
Resetting application preferences does not delete any application data from your device.
To Clear Application Data
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Select an application or service, then tap
Storage
>
CLEAR DATA
>
OK
.
When you clear application data, data for the selected application is deleted from your device
permanently. The option to clear application data is not available for every application or
service.
To Clear Application Cache
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Select an application or service, and then tap
Storage
>
CLEAR CACHE
.
The option to clear the application cache is not available for every application or service.
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