How to Clear Cache — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari & Windows (2026)

Keyboard Shortcut (Fastest)

On Mac: ⌘ Cmd + Shift + Delete

This opens the "Clear browsing data" dialog directly. Then:

1. Set Time range to "All time" (or your preferred range)
2. Check "Cached images and files"
3. Optionally check "Cookies and other site data" (this will log you out of websites)
4. Click Clear data

Menu Method

1. Click the three dots (top-right) → Delete browsing data
2. Or go to chrome://settings/clearBrowserData in the address bar
3. Choose time range and what to clear
4. Click Delete data

Keyboard Shortcut

1. Set Time range to "All time"
2. Check "Cached images and files"
3. Click Clear now

Auto-Clear on Exit (Set It Once, Never Think About It Again)

1. Go to edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose
2. Toggle on "Cached images and files"
3. Now Edge clears cache automatically every time you close the browser

Keyboard Shortcut

1. Set "Time range to clear" to "Everything"
2. Click the arrow next to "Details" to expand options
3. Check "Cache"
4. Click Clear Now

Cache Only (Without History)

1. Go to about:preferences#privacy
2. Scroll to "Cookies and Site Data"
3. Click "Clear Data..."
4. Uncheck "Cookies" and keep "Cached Web Content" checked
5. Click Clear

Clear Cache Only (Quick)

This clears the cache instantly — no dialog, no confirmation. Your browsing history and cookies are untouched.

Clear Everything (History + Cache + Cookies)

1. Click Safari in the menu bar → Clear History...
2. Choose "all history" from the dropdown
3. Click Clear History

This removes history, cookies, and cache all at once. You'll be logged out of all websites.

Using Develop Menu (Advanced)

1. Enable the Develop menu: Safari → Settings → Advanced → check "Show features for web developers"
2. Click Develop in the menu bar → Empty Caches

This clears only the cache — identical to Cmd+Option+E.

1 Disk Cleanup (Built-in)

1. Press Win + S, type "Disk Cleanup"
2. Select your main drive (usually C:)
3. Check "Temporary files", "Temporary Internet Files", and "Thumbnails"
4. Click "Clean up system files" for more options (Windows Update Cleanup can free several GB)
5. Click OK → Delete Files

2 Storage Settings (Windows 10/11)

1. Press Win + I → System → Storage
2. Click "Temporary files"
3. Check the boxes for what you want to remove
4. Click "Remove files"

3 DNS Cache (Networking Issues)

If websites aren't resolving or you get "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED" errors:

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator
2. Type: ipconfig /flushdns
3. You'll see: "Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache."

Clear User Cache

1. Open Finder
2. Press ⌘ Cmd + Shift + G
3. Type: ~/Library/Caches and press Enter
4. Select all folders inside and move to Trash
5. Empty Trash

Flush DNS Cache on Mac

1. Open Terminal
2. Type: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
3. Enter your password when prompted

Clear Safari Cache

1. Open Settings
2. Scroll down and tap Apps → Safari
3. Tap "Clear History and Website Data"
4. Confirm by tapping "Clear History"

This clears history, cookies, and cache for Safari. You'll be logged out of all websites.

Clear Chrome Cache on iPhone

1. Open Chrome
2. Tap the three dots (bottom-right) → Clear Browsing Data
3. Select "Cached Images and Files"
4. Tap "Clear Browsing Data"

Clear App Cache (Free Up Space)

iOS doesn't let you clear individual app caches directly. Instead:

1. Go to Settings → General → iPhone Storage
2. Find the app using the most space
3. Tap it → "Offload App" (keeps data, removes app) or "Delete App" (removes everything)
4. Reinstall from App Store — the cache is now gone

Clear Chrome Cache

1. Open Chrome
2. Tap three dots (top-right) → Delete browsing data
3. Set time range to "All time"
4. Check "Cached images and files"
5. Tap "Delete data"

Clear All App Cache at Once

1. Open Settings → Storage
2. Tap "Cached data" (on older Android) or tap "Other apps"
3. Tap individual apps → "Clear Cache"

On Samsung: Settings → Device care → Storage → tap "Clean now".