Answered By: Alicia Hopkins Last Updated: Jul 10, 2024 Views: 191
Answered By: Alicia Hopkins
Last Updated: Jul 10, 2024 Views: 191
The steps to clear your cache and cookies will depend on the browser you are using.
Chrome
- Click on the button with three vertical dots in the top right corner
- Click "Delete Browsing Data" (it has a trash bin icon)
- Check the "Cache" box
- Check the "Cookies" box
- Click the "Delete Data" button. Your cache and cookies will have been cleared.
Note: If you select the "Browsing History" or "Downloads" checkboxes, you will lose all of the history of websites you've visited as well as a list of your downloaded items.
Firefox
- Click the three lines button in the upper-right corner
- Click "Settings"
- Click on "Privacy & Security" in the left-hand menu
- Scroll down to the "Cookies and Site Data" section
- Click the "Clear Data" button
- Check off the "Cookies and Site Data" box
- Check off the "Cached Web Content" box
- Click the "Clear" button. Your cache and cookies will have been cleared.
Note: If you select the "History" checkbox, you will lose all of the history of websites you've visited.
Edge
- Click the three dots menu in the upper-right corner
- Click "Settings"
- Click "Privacy, search, and services"" in the left-hand menu
- Scroll to the "Clear Browsing Data" section
- Click the "Choose What to Clear" button
- Click the "Cookies and other site data" checkbox
- Click the "Cached images and files" checkbox
- Click the "Clear Now" button. Your cache and cookies will have been cleared
Note: If you select the "Browsing History" checkbox, you will lose all of the history of websites you've visited.
Safari
Delete Safari's Browser cache through a keyboard shortcut:
- Press [CMD] + [ALT] + [E]
Clearing the cache through the developer menu:
- Select the first item "Safari" in the main menu and from the drop-down the item "Preferences..."
- A popup opens. Click on the tab "Advanced"
- Check the option "Show Develop menu in menu bar" at the bottom. Now you should see a new menu item in the main menu named "Develop"
- If you click on the menu item "Develop" you can select "Empty Caches" from the submenu items
- Reload the site and your cache will be cleared
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