Clearing cache and cookies is often helpful for maintaining browser performance and troubleshooting issues by removing stored data, including potentially outdated website content. Here is some advice we have compiled to support you with this in a variety of different browsers.
CHROME
- Click the Menu button in Chrome (normally located in the top right of the screen):
- In the menu click Settings
- On the Settings screen, click Show advanced settings...
- Under the Privacy section, click Clear browsing data...
- In the box that appears:
- Set Obliterate the following items from to the beginning of time
- Make sure that only Cached images and files is ticked – untick all other boxes
- Click Clear browsing data.
FIREFOX
- Click the Menu button in Firefox (normally located in the top right of the screen):
- In the menu click Options
- A new tab will open - on the left of the screen, select Advanced
- Select the Network tab
- Under Cached Web Content, click Clear Now.
MICROSOFT EDGE
- Open Microsoft Edge, select Menu (3 dots icon on top right corner of the browser)
- Within Settings click on Privacy, search & services from the options on the left hand side.
- Next, choose Clear browsing data, then select Choose what to clear.
- Tick the boxes for Cached images and files and Cookies and other site data. Click Clear now.
OPERA
- Click the Opera button in the top left of Opera to open the menu
- In the menu click History
- Click Clear Browsing Data...
- In the box that appears:
- Set Obliterate the following items from to the beginning of time
- Make sure that only Empty the cache is ticked – untick all other boxes
- Click Clear browsing data.
SAFARI 8.0+ (Mac)
*** Important - this will remove ALL website data, not just the cache.***
- Open Safari, and then click Safari in the top left of the screen
- Click Preferences
- In the window that appears, click the Privacy tab
- Click Remove All Website Data...
- Click Remove Now in the pop-up window that appears.
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