How to Clear the Cache and Cookies in Browser | ACMTT Troubleshooting

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Why Clear Cache and Cookies?

Clearing the cache and cookies are helpful, cache is a system of storing website data in your browser so that the page might work very fluently, you can feel the power of cache if you have a slow internet connection. The first time you will load any website takes a lot of time to load, but this becomes very faster after that. But in that case, sometimes this cache system becomes conflicting to the same website if the website's main fundamental has been changed and you have the old cache file. Then clearing the cache file will solve the website load issue or any issue.

Cookies are also important, cookies are the login information, if you logged in on a website, the logged-in information saved on the browser as a cookie, if your computer has multiple users, then clearing the cookies will help you to instantly log out from every website you visited by logging in.

Keyboard Shortcut for Most Browsers

If you are using Internet Explorer, Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox you can quickly clear cache with a keyboard shortcut. While in your browser, press Ctrl + Shift + Delete simultaneously on the keyboard to open the appropriate window.

IMPORTANT: Be sure and close/quit the browser and restart it after clearing the cache and cookies.

Google Chrome

1. Select History Menu (three dotted lines in the upper-right corner).
   
2. Select Clear Browsing Data from the left-hand side. Set the Time Range set to All Time. Check-mark Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files and select Clear Data.
   
3. If on a Windows computer, close and re-open Chrome to save your changes. If on an Apple computer, go to the Chrome menu on the top menu bar and select Quit for the changes to take effect.

Google Chrome for iOS

1. Open Google Chrome on your iOS device.
2. Click on the menu toolbar in the bottom right corner.
   
   
   
3. Select Settings.

   

   
   
4. Select Privacy.

   

   
   
5. Select Cookies, Site Data, and Cached Images and Files. At the top, set the Time Range set to All Time.

   

   
   
6. Click Clear Browsing Data at the bottom of the screen.
7. Then confirm by clicking Clear Browsing Data again.

   

   
   

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on the Tools bar.
2. Click on Options (On Mac, it's labeled Preferences).
   
   
   
3. On the menu to the left, select Privacy & Security.
4. Under the Cookies and Site Data option, click the "Clear Data..." button.

   

   
   
5. Select only the two options and hit clear now.

   

   
   

   
   

Other Browser

Safari for macOS

* Click on Safari on the top menu bar.

* Click Preferences.

* Click the Privacy tab.

* Click Manage Website Data...

* Click Remove All.

* Click Remove Now.

* Go to the Safari menu on the top menu bar.

* Select Quit to close Safari and save your changes.

Microsoft Edge for Windows 10

* Click the Tools menu (three dotted lines in the upper-right corner), and open the Settings menu.

* Click Privacy, search, and services on the left-side menu.

* Under the section Clear browsing data, click Choose what to clear.

* Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files.

* Click Clear Now.

* Close Microsoft Edge completely for your changes to take effect.

Internet Explorer for Windows

* Click on the Settings menu in the upper-right corner.

* Click Internet options.

* Under the General tab on the upper-left-hand side, scroll down to Browsing history.

* Select Delete...

* Check the Temporary Internet files and website files, Cookies and website data, History, and Download History boxes.

* Select Delete.

* Close Internet Explorer and reopen it for changes to take effect.

Safari for IOS

* Go to the Settings app on your device.

* Scroll down to the Safari menu.

* Scroll down and select Clear History and Website Data.

* The button for Clear History and Website Data will turn gray when cache and cookies have been successfully cleared.