Who is this article for?

Users who want to clear browser cache.

No elevated permissions are required.

Clearing your browser cache is a simple yet effective solution to many common web browsing issues, from displaying outdated content to resolving certain website errors. This guide will walk you through the process of clearing your cache across various popular browsers, helping you ensure a smooth and up-to-date browsing experience.

1. Clearing browser cache
2. Microsoft Edge
   1. Microsoft Edge Windows 10 version
3. Internet Explorer
   1. Internet Explorer 9, 10 & 11
   2. Internet Explorer 8
4. Mozilla Firefox
5. Chrome
   1. Clear DNS cache
6. Further reading

1. Clearing browser cache

Browser caching is where your browser stores files and information on your computer in order to speed up subsequent requests.

Usually websites are able to handle this and will request new information when a site's resource (such as an image) has changed, and update their cache. Occasionally, though, this doesn't happen. Clearing your browser cache can eliminate problems where a site is exhibiting out-of-date styling, images or behaviour.

Below are instructions on clearing the browser cache in common browsers.

2. Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Windows 10 version

To clear the cache we need to navigate to the Clear Browsing Data option, the steps are as below:

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Click the Settings and More menu (the three ellipses).
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Choose what to clear button under Clear Browsing Data heading.
5. Click Clear and All Clear will appear once done.

As noted that this clears the cache and your browsing history, cookies and saved website data, and tabs you’ve set aside or recently closed as shown below,

3. Internet Explorer

3.1. Internet Explorer 9, 10 & 11

1. Open the tools menu and click Internet Options.
2. Go to General tab and click Delete button against Browser History section.
3. Leave Temporary Internet Files and Cookies ticked and untick all the other boxes as below.
4. Click Delete.
5. Close Internet Explorer and reopen again.

3.2. Internet Explorer 8

1. Open the tools menu and click Delete Browsing History.
2. Leave Temporary Internet Files and Cookies ticked and untick all the other boxes as below.
3. Click Delete.
4. Close Internet Explorer and open again.

4. Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the three bars button   and choose Preferences.
2. Select the Advanced panel.
3. Click the Network tab.
4. In the Cached Web Content section, click Clear Now.

5. Chrome

1. In the URL bar, go to chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
2. At the minimum, ensure that the following checkboxes are ticked and the time range is All Time.
3. Click Clear data.

5.1. Clear DNS cache

1. Enter chrome://net-internals/#dns in the Chrome address bar.
2. Click Clear Host Cache.

6. Further reading

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