How to clear your browser cache
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeOne of the best ways to restore space to your computer or phone — or to fix a problem that may have been caused by a temporary file screwing up the works...

One of the best ways to restore space to your computer or phone — or to fix a problem that may have been caused by a temporary file screwing up the works — is also one of the simplest: to clear the browser cache. However, unless you’ve been instructed sometime in the past to clear your cache, you may be unaware of this otherwise invisible feature.
Here’s how to clear your cache on the major browsers and on your Android or iOS devices. We’ve also included instructions on how to clear the data for a single site if you need to.
Chrome
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To clear the data for a specific site
Click on the three dots on the top right Select Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data. Scroll down and click on See all cookies and site data. Search for the website’s name in the upper right corner and select the trash can icon to the right.Safari
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Interestingly, Safari makes it very easy to clear all your data — including cache, browsing history, and cookies — at one blow. But it’s not as obvious if you just want to clear your browser cache.
To do it the easy way:
While you’re in the Safari browser on your desktop, go to the top menu and select Safari > Clear History... Select the time period (last hour, today, today and yesterday, all history) you want to clear and click on Clear History. Or, on your iPhone, tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the screen (it looks like an open book) and then on the History icon (the clock). Tap on the Clear button and select your time period.If you want to just clear out the browser cache on your web browser, it’s a little more complicated.
Look to see if there is a Develop section in your Safari’s top menu. If not, go to Safari > Preferences... > Advanced and check Show Develop in menu bar Click on Develop > Empty CachesTo clear the data for a specific site
Click on Safari > Preferences.... Click the Privacy tab and then Manage Website Data... You’ll get a list of websites. To remove one, click on it and then click Remove. To remove all website data from Safari, click Remove All.Microsoft Edge
The Edge browsers for desktop and mobile are different enough, so we’ll describe the process separately.
Desktop browser
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