How to Clear All Browser Cache or for specific site?

Different web browsers have specific methods for clearing the entire cache or deleting the cache for a particular website:

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Internet Explorer 8,9 and 10

Google Chrome

To delete cookies and cache for a specific site in Google Chrome, follow these steps:

  1. At the top right, click on the menu(three dots)
  2. Open Settings
  3. Click Privacy and security
  4. Select Clear browsing data 
  5. To clear the complete cache: Check all data you wish to clear and click Clear data


  6. To choose a website: From the Privacy and Security menu, select Site settings
  7. Click View permissions and data stored across sites
  8. Navigate to the desired site within the list (expand the main domain to include subdomains if necessary) and click on the trash to clear it.

Microsoft Edge

  1. Click on the menu (three dots) button on the top-right corner, then on History > Manage History.
  2. Select the web page data you would like to delete, then click on the button to the right, and confirm.
  3. To delete all cache, instead of Manage History, click on Clear Browsing Data.
  4. Then select what data to delete. 

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Firefox and go to Firefox Menu > Settings.
  2. Go to the Privacy & Security tab.
  3. Scroll to locate Cookies and Site Data
  4. Click Manage Data
  5. Select or search for the website from the list and click Remove Selected.
  6. To remove all data, in Cookies and Site Data, click on Clear Data and then Clear the specific data.

Safari

  1. Open Safari, select the gear icon (settings) and open Preference
  2. Select Privacy 
  3. Click Details
  4. Search for the website you wish to clear the cookies for
  5. Select Remove

Internet Explorer 11

  1. Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to the website for which you want to delete cookies and cache.
  2. Press F12 to launch Developer Tools and go to the Network tab.
  3. To clear the cache for the current website, click on the Clear cache button or press Ctrl + R.
  4. To delete all cache, go to Internet Options, then under the General Tab > Browsing history, click Delete.
  5. Then select what data to delete.
  6. To delete files specific to a website, click on View Files.

Internet Explorer 8,9 and 10

  1. Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to the website for which you want to delete cookies and cache.
  2. Press F12 to launch Developer Tools.
  3. Click on Cache on the Developer Tools menu bar.
  4. From the drop-down menu, select “Clear browser cache for this domain”. This will clear all the cache specific to the currently open website.
  5. Similarly, go to Cache > Clear cookies for the domain in Developer Tools to clear cookies of the current website.