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:
- At the top right, click on the menu(three dots)
- Open Settings
- Click Privacy and security
- Select Clear browsing data
- To clear the complete cache: Check all data you wish to clear and click Clear data
- To choose a website: From the Privacy and Security menu, select Site settings
- Click View permissions and data stored across sites
- 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
- Click on the menu (three dots) button on the top-right corner, then on History > Manage History.
- Select the web page data you would like to delete, then click on the X button to the right, and confirm.
- To delete all cache, instead of Manage History, click on Clear Browsing Data.
- Then select what data to delete.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open Firefox and go to Firefox Menu > Settings.
- Go to the Privacy & Security tab.
- Scroll to locate Cookies and Site Data
- Click Manage Data
- Select or search for the website from the list and click Remove Selected.
- To remove all data, in Cookies and Site Data, click on Clear Data and then Clear the specific data.
Safari
- Open Safari, select the gear icon (settings) and open Preference
- Select Privacy
- Click Details
- Search for the website you wish to clear the cookies for
- Select Remove
Internet Explorer 11
- Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to the website for which you want to delete cookies and cache.
- Press F12 to launch Developer Tools and go to the Network tab.
- To clear the cache for the current website, click on the Clear cache button or press Ctrl + R.
- To delete all cache, go to Internet Options, then under the General Tab > Browsing history, click Delete.
- Then select what data to delete.
- To delete files specific to a website, click on View Files.
Internet Explorer 8,9 and 10
- Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to the website for which you want to delete cookies and cache.
- Press F12 to launch Developer Tools.
- Click on Cache on the Developer Tools menu bar.
- From the drop-down menu, select “Clear browser cache for this domain”. This will clear all the cache specific to the currently open website.
- Similarly, go to Cache > Clear cookies for the domain in Developer Tools to clear cookies of the current website.