Google Chrome – how to clear cache and cookies for a single site To clear (delete) the cache using Google Chrome on: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 7 or Windows Vista: Click the 3 dots in the top right hand corner of the window.
I recently created a free web hosting account on x10Hosting. Let's use www.example.x10host.com as my example domain. Before signing up for the domain, I visited the domain to see if it was available. When I saw that it was, I registered it, and immediately went to go look at it on Google Chrome. I still got the 'Domain Available' message, so I tried again in 10 minutes, and still got the still got the message. I tried later in Firefox and got it as well. The next day, I tried it in Internet Explorer, and it worked. I am assuming that I now have an outdated cache of the page stored for both Chrome and Firefox. How can I clear just the cache for that specific page so that it will load normally?
DavidB
DavidBDavidB
4 Answers
@dwurf Ctrl Shift + F5/R is Hard Reload, doesn't empty cache.
There is a simple way to do what OP wants:
- Open Dev Tools by pressing: F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I (or on Mac: Opt+Cmd+I)
- Now by just leaving dev tools open, right-click or click and hold the reload button next to the address bar. Now a somewhat 'hidden menu' opens.
- Choose: 'Empty Cache and Hard Reload'
DimDim
Ctrl+F5 reloads the page without using the local cache.
Ctrl+Shift+R also works, but not in IE
dwurfdwurf
In the Chrome DevTools settings/preferences there is an option under 'Network':
Disable cache (while DevTools is open)
You can open that, and reload the webpage without the cache.
I had a frustrating situation where a HTTP redirect was cached, so I couldn't just refresh. Opening the DevTools with the 'Disable cache...' option open and re-entering the URL was the only thing I could figure out other than doing into the regular Chrome preferences and deleting the cache there (significantly more difficult)
For the record, having the DevTools open also enables a 3rd option on the refresh button (right-click) context menu:
- Normal Refresh
- Hard Refresh
- Empty Cache and Hard Reload (careful, this clears your whole cache)
There is a good explanation of what these options mean here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14969509/363701
Its worth noting that clearing the cache does not clear the History.
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Zach LysobeyZach Lysobey
In my case, when developing I made a redirect page, then I couldn't do
ctrl+f5
on the page because there was not enough time in the page until the redirection method got executed.Then, I went to console
f12
and then pressing f1
to see the options, disabled the javascript to avoid redirection, and after that I did a ctrl+f5
before enabling the javascript again.Hope it helps someone.
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In case you use Google Chrome and have the habit of clearing your browsing history quite frequently, you will find below the steps to automate this process by making Google Chrome Browser to Automatically Clear Browsing History on Exit.
Automatically Clear Browsing History in Google Chrome
Setting up Google Chrome Browser to Automatically clear your browsing history on exit can be useful on public and office computers where there is a risk of your browsing data being exposed to others.
Follow the steps below to make Google Chrome Automatically clear your browsing history when you exit the Chrome Browser.
1. Open Google Chrome Browser on your Mac or Windows Computer
2. Next, click on the 3-dots Chrome menu icon located at the top right corner of your screen and then click on settings in the drop-down menu.
3. On the Settings screen, scroll down and click on Advanced tab or “Show Advanced Settings” in older Chrome browsers.
4. Next, scroll down and click on Content Settings… located under Security & Privacy section.
5. In Content Settings section, click on Cookies (See image below)
6. In Cookies section, toggle ON the option for Keep local data only until you quit your browser.
This setting will make Google Chrome browser delete all your browsing data, including cookies, cache, and history automatically when you finish your browsing session and Quit Google Chrome Browser.
Allow Your Favourite Web Sites to Store Cookies
Setting up Google Chrome to Automatically Delete Browsing History on Exit not only deletes your browsing history, but it will also delete cookies and Cached data for websites.
Since many websites make use of Cookies and Cached Data to enhance your browsing experience, you may find your favourite websites loading slowly and unable to offer you the type of content that you normally like to see on these websites.
Also, with your browsing history deleted, you won’t be able to go back to a product page or an interesting article that you had seen on your favourite website.
In such cases, Google Chrome allows you to add your favourite websites in Cookies section, and this makes the Chrome Browser not delete browsing data on exit for your favourite websites.
1. Open Google Chrome Browser on your Mac or Windows Computer
2. Next, click on the 3-dots Chrome Menu icon located at the top right corner of your screen and then click on Settings option in the drop-down menu.
3. On the Settings screen, scroll down and Click on Advanced tab or “Show Advanced Settings” in older Chrome browsers.
4. Next, scroll down and click on Content Settings located under Security & Privacy section.
5. In Content Settings section, click on Cookies.
6. On the Cookies section, scroll down and click on ADD next to “Allow”.
7. On the pop-up, type the Address of the Website that you want to add and click on the ADD button.
8. Similarly, Add other Websites to this list (in case you have more websites)