How to Clear Browser Cache

Each time you access a web page via web browser, the browser caches (i.e., stores) it. This makes the browser to act in a fast manner by optimizing the time to retrieve data each and every time.

It is better to clear the browser cache periodically, in order to make your browser functionality more efficient.

A cookie typically store user-specific information such as selections in a form, shopping cart contents, or authentication data. Browsers will normally clear cookies that reach a certain age, but clearing them manually may solve problems with web sites or your browser.

 Following are the Easy Steps to Clear your Browser Cache:

Internet Explorer 8 and above

 From the Safety  menu in the upper right, Click Delete Browser History.

 Deselect Preserve Favorites website data, and select Temporary internet files, cookies and history.

 Click Delete.

Internet Explorer 7

 From the Tools menu in the upper right, select Internet options.

 Under "Browsing history", click Delete.

 To delete your cache, click Delete Files.

 To delete your history, Click Delete History.

 Click Close, and then click on OK to exit.

 

Firefox 3.5 and above for Windows

1. From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History.
   
2. From the Time Range drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
   
3. You can choose the specific optioon by clicking the down arrow next to "Details". Click Clear Now.

Firefox 3 for Windows

1. From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History and then select the items you want to delete.
   
2. Click Clear Recent History.
   

Chrome

1. In the browser bar, enter: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
2. Select the items you want to clear
   You can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information from the drop-down menu. To clear your entire cache, select the beginning of time.
   
3. Click Clear Browsing Data.

Safari

1. From the Safari menu, select Reset Safari.
   
2. From the menu, select the items you want to reset, and then click Reset. As of Safari 5.1, Remove all Website data covers both cookies and cache.

Firefox 3.5 and above for Mac OS X

1. From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History.
   
2. From the Time range drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
   
3. Click the down arrow next to "Details" to choose which elements to clear. Click Clear Now.

Firefox 3 for Mac OS X

1. In Firefox, from the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History.
   
2. Select the elements you want to clear and then click Clear Private Data now.

Mobile Safari for iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)

To clear cache and cookies:

1. From the home screen, tap Settings, and then tap Safari.
   
2. At the bottom of Safari's settings screen, tap the buttons for Clear Cookies and Clear Cache.
   

To clear history:

1. From the home screen, tap Safari.
   
2. At the bottom of the screen, tap the Bookmarks icon.
   
3. In the lower left, tap Clear.
   
4. Tap Clear History.

Android

To clear cache, cookies, or history:

1. Start your browser.
   
2. Tap Menu, and then tap More.
   
3. Select Settings.
   
4. Under "Privacy settings", select Clear Cache, Clear History or Clear All Cookie Data as appropriate, and then tap OK to accept.