--- title: How do I clear my Cache and Cookies description: "Why clear out your browsers cache and cookies?\nThe cache and cookies should be cleared regularly for several reasons. Depending on your settings, the cache can grow quite big, use a lot of disk space on your computer and cause slow web browsing. The cache can also cause issues when viewing new versions of previously visited web pages. 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[Troubleshooting](https://learn.heybabbl.ca/en/internet-helpdesk/home-internet-service-faq?hsLang=en#troubleshooting) # How do I clear my Cache and Cookies ## Why clear out your browsers cache and cookies? **The cache can also cause issues when viewing new versions of previously visited web pages. Deleting the cache and cookies data regularly helps to troubleshoot, helps to increase the loading time of web pages, loads new versions of web pages and increases the performance of your computer.** **Chrome** 1\. Click the **Tools menu** (three dotted lines in the upper-right corner). 2\. Select **History**. 3\. 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**. 4\. 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. **Firefox** 1\. Click on the **Tools** bar. 2\. Click **Settings** (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**. 6\. If on a Windows computer, close and re-open Firefox to save your changes. If on an Apple computer, go to the Firefox menu on the top menu bar and select **Quit** for the changes to take effect. **Edge** 1\. Click the **Tools** menu (three dotted lines in the upper-right corner), and open the **Settings** menu. 2\. Click **Privacy**, **search**, and **services** on the left-side menu. 3\. Under the section **Clear browsing data**, Click **Choose what to clear**. 4\. Select **Cookies and other site data** and **Cached images and files**. 5\. Click **Clear Now**. 6\. Close Microsoft Edge completely for your changes to take effect. **Safari for Mac** 1\. Click on **Safari** on the top menu bar. 2\. Click **Preferences**. 3\. Click the **Privacy** tab. 4\. Click **Manage Website Data...** 5\. Click **Remove All**. 6\. Click **Remove Now**. 7\. Go to the **Safari** menu on the top menu bar. 8\. Select **Quit** to close Safari and save your changes. **Mobile Devices** **Safari for iOS** 1\. Go to the Settings app on your device. 2\. Scroll down to the **Safari** menu. 3\. Scroll down and select **Clear History and Website Data**. 4\. A pop-up will come up verifying that you want to clear the History and Data. Select **Clear History and Data**. 5\. The button for Clear History and Website Data will turn gray when cache and cookies have been successfully cleared. **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**, **Cached Images** and **Files**. At the top, set the **Time Range** to **All Time**. 6\. Click **Clear Browsing Data** at the bottom of the screen. 7\. 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