How To Clear Your Cache And Cookies

In order to increase your connection speed to websites that you visit often, your web browser will remember certain things on that website such as logos, images, and content that is present on all pages. The place where all of this data is stored is your browser’s cache folder. Sometimes websites make changes that will not update because the previous version is stored in your cache folder. In order to view these updates, you will need to clear the cache folder. When you clear the cache it is deleting all of the information that your web browser has stored in the memory. After it has been cleared and you visit a website, you will view any updates that were not showing because of the previous information that was stored.

Here’s how to clear your cache on each web browser for your desktop computers:

Internet Explorer

To learn more about clearing your cache in Internet Explorer, visit Microsoft Support.

1. On the Internet Explorer toolbar, click the Tools menu icon.
2. Select the Internet Options link.
3. Make sure you are on the General tab.
4. Click Delete under Browsing History.
5. Check the box next to Cookies and Website Data if it isn’t checked.
   1. If you do not want to clear browsing history, make sure to uncheck any boxes associated with this before you move to the next step.
6. Click the Delete button.

Google Chrome

To learn more about clearing your cache in Chrome and for steps to clear your cache on mobile devices, visit Google Support.

1. On the browser toolbar, click the Chrome menu icon.
2. Select the More Tools link.
3. Select the Clear browsing data link.
4. In the data drop-down menu, select the time range where you want to clear browsing data.
5. Select the Cookies and other site and plug-in data and Cached images and files checkboxes.
   1. If you do not want to clear browsing history, make sure to uncheck any boxes associated with this before you move to the next step.
6. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.

Safari

To learn more about clearing your cache in Safari and for steps to clear your cache on mobile devices, visit Apple Support.

1. In the Safari menu bar, click the Safari option.
2. Click the Clear History link.
3. In the Clear drop-down menu, select the time range where you want to clear browsing data.
4. Click the Clear History button.

Firefox

To learn more about clearing your cache in Firefox and for steps to clear your cache on mobile devices, visit Firefox Support.

1. In the Firefox menu bar, click the Firefox option.
2. Select the Preferences link.
3. Click the Privacy tab.
4. Under the History heading, click the clear your recent history link.
5. Select the Cache checkbox.
   1. If you do not want to clear browsing history, make sure to uncheck any boxes associated with this before you move to the next step.
6. Click the Clear Now button.

iOS Devices

To see full instructions for iOS devices, click here to go to Apple Support.

Android Devices

To see full instructions for Android Devices, click here to go to Google Support.