It’s possible that you may need to sign in to the app after you clear it’s cache.īy contrast, clearing app’s data will delete your entire history, settings and any additional “”stuff”” you’ve added after you installed the app. Performance may seem a bit slower, but it usually fixes minor problems. When you get to the Settings menu, you’ve got two options: Clear Cache and Clear Data.Ĭlearing app cache will force the app to reload everything from scratch the next time you open it. If you have more than a couple of add-ons that you need to get rid of, a clean installation might be easier (and more secure too). But sometimes just uninstalling an add-on won’t get rid of all of it’s components. At that point, you should uninstall them. But that doesn’t mean that those add-ons will always work.Įventually, event he most popular add-ons stop being updated. Because it’s open source, it’s really easy to create add-ons for Kodi. Similarly, if you think you’ve messed up your initial Kodi setup, wiping the slate clean might be the best way to go.Īnother popular reason to reset Kodi and start over is if you use a lot of add-ons. If that happens, sometimes the best solution is to set everything back to factory defaults and start over. Worse yet, sometimes you might not remember which setting you changed that broke it in the first place. If you’re like me, you’ve probably changed a setting and broken something in Kodi before.
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In fact, it’s so easy, you can reset Kodi and get a clean slate in only a few seconds.īut you’re probably wondering, it takes time to get Kodi set up just right on your Android TV box. I’ve done it on my Android boxes, my NVIDIA Shield Android TV, and even on my Windows PC.Ĭompared to most other operating systems, it’s a super-easy process on Android and Android TV. I’ve reset Kodi back to the default settings dozens of times over the years.