Web browsers use a small portion of your local computer’s storage to save page elements of visited sites in your web browser’s history. This behavior helps your web browser to load pages more efficiently, but sometimes browsers may pull up cached pages, and not the most recent version of the page. Clearing this information can also help improve your web browser’s performance.
Clearing Cookies, History, and Cache in Google Chrome (Windows)
1. On your computer, open Google Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Tools
3. Click More tools. Clear browsing data
4. At the top, click on the drop down box for the Time Range. From the drop down menu select a time range. For example: To delete everything, select All time.
5. Click “Browsing History”, “Download History”, “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files,” check the boxes.
6. Cancel to abort the action or Click Clear data
Clearing Cookies, History, and Cache in Google Chrome (MAC)
1. Click on “Chrome” tab on the top menu bar.
2. Click on “Preferences”
3. Select “Privacy and Security”
4.. Choose a time range from the drop down (“All time” is recommended)
5. Choose to clear browsing history, cookies and/or cache.
6. Click on “Cancel” to abort the action or Click on “Clear Data“
How To Clear History And Cookies (MAC)
1. Click on “Safari” on the top meu bar
2. Click on “Clear History
3. Choose the time frame from the drop down (“All time” is recommended)
4. Click on “Clear History”
How to empty cache (MAC)
1. Click on “Safari” on the top menu bar.
2. Click on “Preferences”
3. Click on “Advanced” tab on the resulting dialogue box.
4. Make sure the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” is checked.
5. Click on “Develop” on the top menu bar
6. Click on “Empty Caches”
