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How to Clear Cache & Cookies — Visual, step-by-step

Desktop + Mobile instructions for major browsers. Click a card to expand details and copy the steps.

Google Chrome

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS (steps vary slightly)
Popular
  1. Open Chrome → click the three dots (⋮) at top-right.
  2. Choose More tools → Clear browsing data.
  3. In the dialog, set Time range (e.g., "All time"). Check Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.
  4. Click Clear data.
  5. On mobile: Chrome menu → History → Clear browsing data → choose items → Clear data.
Tips:
  • Signing out removes cookies for accounts. Clearing cookies will sign you out of websites.
  • To keep certain site data, use See all cookies and site data and remove individually.

Mozilla Firefox

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Privacy-focused
  1. Open Firefox → click the three-line menu ☰ (top-right).
  2. Select Settings (or Preferences on macOS) → Privacy & Security.
  3. Scroll to Cookies and Site Data and click Clear Data….
  4. Check Cookies and Site Data and Cached Web Content, then Clear.
  5. On mobile: Menu → Settings → Privacy → Clear private data → choose Cookies & Cache.
Tips:
  • Firefox has Enhanced Tracking Protection — you can manage exceptions instead of deleting all cookies.
  • Use Manage Data… to remove cookies for specific sites only.

Microsoft Edge

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
Chromium-based
  1. Open Edge → click the three dots (⋯) at top-right → Settings.
  2. Choose Privacy, search, and services → scroll to Clear browsing data → Click Choose what to clear.
  3. Select time range, check Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files, then Clear now.
  4. Mobile: Edge menu → Settings → Privacy and security → Clear browsing data.
Tips:
  • Edge shares many UI elements with Chrome because it’s Chromium-based. Clearing data here behaves similarly.

Apple Safari

macOS and iOS (steps differ)
Apple
  1. macOS: Safari → Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data → Remove All (or remove individually).
  2. To clear cache (macOS): Safari menu → Develop → Empty Caches. If Develop menu not visible: Preferences → Advanced → check Show Develop menu.
  3. iOS: Settings app → Safari → Clear History and Website Data → Confirm.
  4. iOS also offers per-site data in Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data.
Tips:
  • On macOS, Clear History removes history, cookies and cached items for selected time range.
  • iOS's Clear History & Website Data logs you out of sites and may remove offline website data.

Opera, Brave & Others

Most Chromium-based browsers follow Chrome steps.
Also applies
  1. Open menu → Settings → Privacy or History → Clear browsing data (or similar).
  2. Choose time range, check Cookies and Cached images, and clear.
  3. Look for Site settings or Manage data to remove cookies per-site.
Tips:
  • If you're trying to fix display issues, also try a hard refresh: Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+R (macOS).
Quick reminders
Clearing cookies will usually sign you out of websites. Clearing cache removes stored files and may fix display or loading issues — but it may also make pages load a bit slower on first visit afterwards.
Need to keep some logins?
Use site-specific cookie tools in browser settings (e.g., See all cookies and site data) to remove cookies for only the problematic sites.