Desktop Web Browsers

Clearing the browser cache prevents you from using old/out-of-date versions of websites and protects your personal information. It also helps running some applications better on your computer by freeing up space.

Table with browser name and links to Windows documents and macOS documents.

Browser	Windows Document Link	macOS Document Link
Google Chrome	Chrome (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	Chrome (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Firefox	Firefox 57+ (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	Firefox 21+ (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Safari	Safari (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	Safari 10.0.1+ (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Internet Explorer 9, 10, & 11	Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	None
Microsoft Edge	Edge (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	None
Opera	Opera (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	Opera 28.0 (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
New Microsoft Edge	New Edge (Win 10, 8, 7, MacOS) - Clearing Cache and Cookies	New Edge (Win 10, 8, 7, MacOS) - Clearing Cache and Cookies

Mobile Web Browsers

Table with mobile Operating System and corresponding documents on clearing cache and cookies.

Operating System	Document Link
Android	Android (Jellybean) - Clearing Cache and Cookies on Google Chrome
iOS	iOS - Clearing Cache and Cookies
webOS	HP webOS 2.x - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Windows Phone	Internet Explorer (Windows Phone) - Clearing Cache and Cookies

Legacy Versions

Windows

Table with browser name and links to Windows documents.

Browser	Document Link
Internet Explorer 6	Internet Explorer 6 (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Internet Explorer 7	Internet Explorer 7 (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Internet Explorer 8	Internet Explorer 8 (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Firefox 3.5	Firefox 3.5 (Win) - Clearing Cache and Cookies

MacOS

Table with browser name and links to macOS documents.

Browser	Document Link
Firefox 3.5 - 20	Firefox 3.5 - 20 (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Opera 10.50	Opera 10.50+ (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Safari 5	Safari 5 (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Safari 5.1 - 7.9	Safari 5.1 - 7.9 (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies
Safari 8.0+	Safari 8.0 - 10.0 (Mac) - Clearing Cache and Cookies