*NOTE: This post was written for the original version of Flipboard. In March of 2013, Flipboad released a big Version 2.0 update. Clearing the cache in that version is much simpler and an explanation is available at: [Clearing Content Cache in Flipboard 2](https://johnkiv.us/2013/04/04/clearing-content-cache-in-flipboard-2/)*
I noticed the other day that Flipboard was taking up 1.5 GB of space on my iPad. For an app that updates its content as frequently as Flipboard, this seemed a little excessive. Unfortunately, I could find no way to clear Flipboard’s cache from within the app itself. Thankfully, [this posting on Flipboard’s Get Satisfaction page](https://getsatisfaction.com/flipboard/topics/using_too_much_storage) gave me the answer:
> We are working on improving how Flipboard handles automatically clearing the image cache.
> In the mean time, you can manually clear the cache. Tap the gear icon in the lower right corner of your Flipboard. Then tap About, then tap our logo. There is a “Clear Cached Images” button, tap this and give it some time to process. This is a temporary debug feature while we sort out the auto-cache issue.
It works as advertised. I now have cleared up 1.2 GB of the space that Flipboard was taking up.