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Slow Roku TV? This 30-second fix made my system run like new again


Excess cached data can slow your Roku to a crawl, making apps take forever to load. Clearing it out with a simple system reset can quickly restore snappy performance.

When that happens, it can lead to sluggish performance, apps freezing, audio-video sync issues, or even those dreaded error messages that pop up right when the show you're watching is getting good. While Roku is somewhat unique compared with other smart TVs that might have a direct "clear cache" button buried in the settings, it's still an option, and an important one to check now and then. If that specific button combination doesn't seem to do the trick, another simple, yet surprisingly effective method is the classic "turn it off and on again" maneuver -- but with a slight twist for a more thorough cache clearing.

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