How do I clear my cache?Updated 3 years ago

If your web pages aren’t showing up properly or images aren’t appearing, it can sometimes be helpful to clear your browser cache. Here’s how to do it on most of the major mobile and desktop browsers:

Mobile browsers 

• Android

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. Touch Chrome menu > Settings
2. Touch (Advanced) Privacy
3. Touch Clear browsing data
4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser

• Safari (Apple 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. Touch Chrome menu > Settings
2. Touch Privacy
3. Choose the data type you want to clear
4. Touch Clear
5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Desktop browsers

• Chrome

1. In the browser bar, enter: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
2. Select the following:

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

• 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, selectEverything
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

1. From the Safari menu, select 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

• Safari 7 and below

1. From the Safari menu, select Reset Safari
2. Select the items you want to reset, and then click Reset. As of Safari 5.1, Remove all website data includes both cookies and cache
3. Go to Safari > Quit Safari or press Command-Q to exit the browser completely