How to "Manually" clear cache and data in your Android Virtual Device (AVD) using linux (Ubuntu, Kali, etc.)

AVD (Android Virtual Device) is an android device that run in your computer otherwise it is called Android Emulator. In this case we are using AVD from Android Studio. You can download the AVD emulator and SDK from their official website.

AVD commonly used in programming android program. While using VS code to program an android software using Android Studio, React Native, Flutter dart, etc. AVD sometimes begin laggy, slow to run and sometimes stop booting. So clearing the data will boost it faster and fix the problem.

Here is the step to manually clear your AVD data.

Close your AVD first

Open your terminal and run Nautilus or other Explorer Programs

Go to Home -> .android -> avd -> [your avd name].avd

delete some of .img.qcow2

cache.img.qcow2

encryptionkey.img.qcow2

userdata-qemu.img.qcow2

Done, you can boot to your AVD.

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