How to Clear Your Browser Cache, Cookies, and History

How to Steps

Safari 8.0+ (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies

1. Click Safari in the upper left-hand side of your screen. In the menu that appears, click Preferences.
2. In the window that appears, click the Privacy tab. Click Remove All Website Data....
3. Click Remove Now in the pop-up window that appears.

Firefox

1. From the History menu, select Clear Recent History. BOILER START If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
BOILER END
2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
3. Next to Detail, click the down arrow to choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.
4. Click Clear Now.
5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome

1. In the browser bar, enter:  chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
   • Select the following:
     • Browsing history
     • Download history
     • Cookies and other site and plug-in data
     • Cached images and files
   • From the Obliterate the following items from: drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select the beginning of time.
2. Click Clear browsing data.
3. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

 Internet Explorer 9 and higher

1. Select Tools (via the Gear Icon) > Safety > Delete browsing history.... BOILER START If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
BOILER END
2. Deselect Preserve Favorites website data, and select:
   • Temporary Internet files or Temporary Internet files and website files
   • Cookies or Cookies and website data
   • History
3. Click Delete. You will see a confirmation at the bottom of the window when the process is complete.
4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Microsoft Edge

1. Select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search, and services.
2. Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
3. Choose a time range from the Time range drop-down menu.
4. Choose the types of data you want to clear. For example, you may want to remove browsing history and cookies but keep passwords and form fill data.
5. Select Clear now.

See Also:

• https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/334964-how-do-i-clear-my-browser-cache-on-a-mac 
• https://www.siteground.com/kb/how_to_clear_cache_in_firefox_internetexplorer_safari_opera/