1. What is a Cache?
2. Clearing the Cache: Google Chrome
3. Clearing the Cache: Safari (desktop browser)
4. Clearing the Cache: Safari (iPhone)
5. Clearing the Cache: Android
6. Clearing the Cache: Firefox
7. Clearing the Cache: Microsoft Edge
8. Clearing the Cache: Internet Explorer

What is a Cache?

While searching the internet, your website browser (Chrome/Safari/Firefox/Edge/Explorer) collects bits of information (or code) from the sites you visit and stores them on your device to optimize future page loading speeds.

However, if the cache gets full, your browser's memory becomes overloaded, resulting in some websites taking longer than usual to load or function.

Clearing your cache refreshes browser memory by cutting out those bits of code that were slowing it down.

Clearing the Cache: Google Chrome

Step 1

• Open Google Chrome then click the Chrome menu icon [⋮] at the top right of the start page. Click More Tools then Clear Browsing Data

Step 2

Select a time range of All time

Check Cached images and files then Clear data

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Safari

Step 1

Click Safari at the top left corner of your screen then Preferences

Step 2

Click Privacy then Manage Website Data

Step 3

Click Remove All OR Hold down the Shift key and click Remove to delete items in groups

• Note that Safari will delete both cache and cookies so you will be logged out of any websites that you were previously logged into

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Safari (iPhone)

Step 1

Go to Settings and scroll to Safari

Step 2

Scroll to Clear History and Website Data

Tap Clear History and Data when the popup appears

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Android

Step 1

Go to Settings then Apps & Notifications

Step 2

Tap on App Info then Google Chrome

Step 3

Tap on Storage & Cache then Clear Cache (trash can icon at top)

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Firefox

Step 1

Go to the Application Menu then Help

Step 2

Click More troubleshooting information

Step 3

Click Clear Startup Cache then Restart

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Edge

Step 1

Go to Menu then Settings

Step 2

Click Privacy, Search, and Services then scroll to Clear Browsing Data

Click Choose what to clear

Step 3

Select a time range of All time

Check Cached images and files

Click Clear now

DONE!

Clearing the Cache: Internet Explorer

Step 1

Open Internet Explorer

Click Settings then Internet Options

Step 2

Under Browsing History click Delete

Step 3

Check all 4 top boxes then Delete

Step 4

Click OK, Confirmation is shown below

DONE!

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