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Clearing Cache and Deleting Cookies

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Cookies are small data files used by websites to track your internet usage.
Cache are temporary data files used by browsers to quickly present websites from previously stored visits.
Note: Cookies are essential to some website and they may not work properly without them.   

Google Chrome

Cookies and Cache:


  1. Click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the browser window. (On Windows, it will be three line and on macOS, it will be three dots.) 
  2. Select “Settings”. (You can also access this option from the File menu on a Mac.)
  3. Click “Show Advanced Settings,” at the bottom of the settings page. 

    OR

  4. Alternatively, type “chrome://chrome/settings/content” into your address bar and Chrome will take you to your intended destination.

To Delete ALL:
  1. Click "Clear browsing data..".
  2. Select "Cookies and other site plugin data" and "Cached images and files".
  3. Click "Clear browsing data".
 
To Delete Individually:
  1. Click “Content Settings” , then select  "All cookies and site data..".
  2. Search for sites and files and hover over the item and click on the "x" to the right or click the "Remove all" button

Note: Clear Cache shortcut - Press and hold the "Shift" key and click Refresh.   

Mozilla Firefox

Cookies:

  1. Click the menu in the upper-right corner. 
  2. Select “Options/Preferences”. (You can also access this option from the File menu on a Mac)
  3. Select the "Privacy" tab, then click "Show Cookies..." under the History section.
 
To Delete ALL:
  • Click "Remove All."
 
To Delete Individually:
  1. Search for sites and files.
  2. Click to highlight.
    • Highlight multiple by holding down the Ctrl(Windows)/command(Mac) Key
  3. Click "Remove Selected."

Cache

 
  1. Click the menu in the upper-right corner. 
  2. Click “Options/Preferences”. (You can also access this option from the File menu on a Mac)
  3. Click the "Advanced" tab.
  4. Click the "Network" tab.
  5. Under the "Cached Web Content" section, click "Clear Now".
Note: Clear Cache shortcut - Press and hold the "Shift" key and click Refresh. 

Internet Explorer

Cookies and Cache

  1. Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
  2. Select "Internet Options", then select the "General" tab.

To Delete ALL:
  1. Under the "Browsing History" section, Click "Delete.."
  2. Select "Cookies and Website Data", then click "Delete."

To Delete Individually:
  1. Under the "Browsing History" section, click "Settings."
  2. Under the "Temporary Internet Files" section, click "View Files."
  3. Select the files and delete manually.
 

Microsoft Edge

Cookies and Cache

  1. Click the menu icon in the upper-right corner (it will be three dots).
  2. Select "Settings."
  3. Scroll down and click "Clear browsing data."
  4. Click "Choose what to clear."
  5. Select "Cookies and saved website data."
  6. Click "Clear."
Note: Clear Cache shortcut - Press and hold the "Shift" key and click Refresh.
 

Safari

Cookies

Click "Safari" on the top menu.

To Delete ALL:
  1. Click "Clear History."

    OR

  2. Click "Preferences", then select the "Privacy" tab.
  3. Click "Remove all website data."

To Delete Individually:
  1. Click "Preferences."
  2. Click the "Privacy" tab, then select "Details."
  3. Search for sites and files.
  4. Click to highlight.
    • Highlight multiple by holding down the Ctrl(Windows)/command(Mac) Key.
  5. Click "Remove."

Cache

  1. Click "Develop" on the top menu.
  2. Click "Empty Caches."
 
Note: Clear Cache shortcut - Press and hold the "Shift" key and click Refresh.

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