Clearing your Browser Cache

If your website doesn’t look exactly right or updates are not showing, you may need to clear the cache. Below are the steps, according to the device you’re on, how to clear your cache. Please note that this may clear your history and saved passwords.

Mobile Browsers

Android

The steps to clear your cache, cookies, and history may differ depending on the model of your Android device and your preferred browser, but you should be able to clear your cache and data from your application management settings menu:

1. Go to Settings and choose Apps or Application Manager.
2. Swipe to the All tab.
3. In the list of installed apps, find and tap your web browser. Tap Clear Data and then Clear Cache.
4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for Android

1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
2. Tap (Advanced) Privacy.
3. From the “Time Range” drop-down menu, select All Time.
4. Check Cookies and Site Data and Cached Images and Files.
5. Tap Clear data.
6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Safari for iOS

1. Open your Settings app.
2. Tap Safari.
3. Tap Clear History and Website Data and confirm.
4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for iOS

1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
2. Tap Privacy.
3. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
4. Choose the data type you want to clear.
5. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Desktop browsers

Chrome

1. In the browser bar, enter:
2. chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
3. At the top of the “Clear browsing data” window, click Advanced.
4. Select the following:

• • Browsing history
  • Download history
  • Cookies and other site data
  • Cached images and files

1. From the “Time range” drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select All time.
2. Click CLEAR DATA.
3. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Firefox

1. From the History menu, select Clear Recent History. If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible.
2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
3. Next to “Details,” 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.

Safari 8 and later

1. From the Safari menu, select Clear History or Clear History and Website Data.
2. Select the desired time range, and then click Clear History.
3. Go to Safari > Quit Safari or press command-Q to exit the browser completely.