How do I clear my browser cache?

Google Chrome

  1. Click the top-right three dots/bars icon (⋮ or ≡), More Tools, Clear Browsing Data.

    Screenshot of the Chrome menu, highlighting “More Tools” and “Clear Browsing Data...”
  2. When the Clear browsing data window appears, choose All time or the beginning of time at the first dropdown menu.

  3. Untick all the checkboxes and only tick Cached images and files, it should look something like this:

    Screenshot of the “Clear browsing data” window
  4. Click the Clear data button and you are done!

Firefox

  1. Click the top-right three bars icon (≡), Library, History, Clear Recent History.

    Screenshot of the Firefox menu, highlighting Library, History, “Clear Recent History...”

    On older versions of Firefox, click the top-right three bars icon (≡), History, Clear Recent History.

    Screenshot of the Firefox menu, highlighting History, “Clear Recent History...”
  2. When the Clear All History window appears, choose Everything for the time range to clear.

  3. Untick all the checkboxes and only tick Cache, it should look something like this:

    Screenshot of the “Clear All History” window
  4. Click the Clear Now button and you are done!

Safari

You need to enable the Develop menu in Safari first.

  1. Click the top-left Safari menu and then click Preferences.

    Screenshot of the Safari menu, highlighting “Preferences...”
  2. Go to the Advanced tab and tick Show Develop menu in menu bar.

    Screenshot of the Preferences window, highlighting Advanced and the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” option
  3. Once you enabled that option, a new Develop menu will appear at the menu bar. Click it and click Empty Caches.

    Screenshot of the Develop menu, highlighting “Empty Caches”

Opera

  1. On Windows, click the top-left Opera button, More tools, Clear browsing data.

    Screenshot of the Opera menu, highlighting “More tools” and “Clear browsing data”

    On macOS, click the top-left Opera menu and then click Clear Browsing Data.

    Screenshot of the Opera menu, highlighting “Clear Browsing Data...”
  2. When the Clear browsing data window appears, choose the beginning of time at the first dropdown menu.

  3. Untick all the checkboxes and only tick Cached images and files, it should look something like this:

    Screenshot of the “Clear browsing data” window
  4. Click the Clear browsing data button and you are done!

Last edited on 2018-03-09