This article provides you with information on how to clear your browser cache.
Before you begin
Clearing your web browser’s cache, cookies, and history may remove data such as the following:
- Saved passwords
- Address bar predictions
- Shopping cart contents, etc.
While you should clear your web browser’s cache, cookies, and history periodically in order to prevent or resolve performance problems, you may wish to record some of your saved information first. If you are unable to do so, see Troubleshooting alternatives below.
For details about browser cache, cookies, and history, see:
- Web cache
- HTTP cookie
- Web browsing history
- For desktop browsers, to quickly open menus used to clear your cache, cookies, and history, ensure that the browser is open and selected, and press
Ctrl-Shift-Delete(Windows) orCommand-Shift-Delete(Mac). If this doesn’t work, follow the appropriate instructions below. - If the instructions below don’t exactly match what you see, you may need to update your web browser to the latest version.
If you don’t see instructions below for your specific version or browser, search your browser’s menu for “clear cache”. If you’re unsure what browser version you’re using, from the menu or your browser’s menu, select . In Internet Explorer and Firefox, if you don’t see the menu bar, press
Alt.
Desktop browsers
Clear Chrome Browser cache
- In the browser bar, enter:
chrome://settings/clearBrowserData - At the top of the “Clear browsing data” window, click Advanced.
- Select the following:
- Browsing history
- Download history
- Cookies and other site data
- Cached images and files
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From the “Time range” drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select All time.
- Click CLEAR DATA.
- Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.
Clear Firefox Browser cache
- From the History menu, select Clear Recent History.
If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
- From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
- Next to “Details”, click the down arrow to choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.
- Click Clear Now.
- Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.
Clear Microsoft Edge Browser cache
- In the top right, click the Hub icon (looks like star with three horizontal lines).
- Click the History icon (looks like a clock), and then select Clear all history.
- Select Browsing history, then Cookies and saved website data, and then Cached data and files. Click Clear.
- After the “All Clear!” message appears, exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.
Clear Internet Explorer 11 Browser cache
- Select Tools > Safety > Delete browsing history….
If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
- Deselect Preserve Favorites website data, and select:
- Temporary Internet files or Temporary Internet files and website files
- Cookies or Cookies and website data
- History
- Click Delete. You will see a confirmation at the bottom of the window when the process is complete.
- Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.
Clear Opera Browser cache
- From the Opera menu, select Settings, then Privacy & Security, and then Clear browsing data….
- In the dialog box that opens, from the “Obliterate the following items from:” drop-down menu, select The beginning of time.
- Select the following:
- Browsing history
- Download history
- Cookies and other site data
- Cached images and files
- Click Clear browsing data.
- Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.
Clear Safari 8 and later browser cache
- From the Safari menu, select Clear History… or Clear History and Website Data….
- Select the desired time range, and then click Clear History.
- Go to Safari > Quit Safari or press Command-Q to exit the browser completely.