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How to Clear Your Browser Cache

Many common website loading errors can be solved with a very simple and often forgotten solution: clearing your browser's cache on your local machine.

Try clearing your browser's cache if you experience any of the following:

• Your website does not display correctly; i.e., missing images, erroneous CSS, improper redirects.
• Your site shows the wrong domain or does not display at all after a DNS change.
• Your site displays errors.
• Your site only partially loads.
• Your session files are not saved correctly.
• You experience repeated wp-admin authentication problems when using the verified, correct login credentials.
• You recently updated your site, but your new content will not display.

If you have just migrated your site and clearing your browser cache does not resolve these errors, this tutorial might offer more solutions.

Clearing Your Browser Cache

Follow the steps below to clear the cache for your preferred browser. (These instructions apply to the most recent version of each browser; for older versions, contact your browser's support for guidance.)

Chrome

1. Enter the following in your address bar: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
2. Select the following options:
   • Cookies and other site data
   • Cached images and files
3. Choose All Time from the drop-down menu labeled Time range.
4. Click Clear data.
5. Quit Chrome and reopen the browser.

Firefox

1. Enter the following into your address bar: about:preferences#privacy
2. Scroll down to the History section.
3. Click Clear History.
4. Set the Time range to clear drop-down menu option to Everything.
5. Select the Cookies and Cache options and then click Clear now.
6. Quit Firefox and reopen the browser.

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three dots in the upper right corner.
2. Click History and then select Clear History.
3. Select these options:
   • Cookies and saved website data
   • Cached data and files
4. Click Clear.
5. Quit Edge and reopen the browser.

Microsoft Edge (Chromium based)

1. Enter the following in your address bar: edge://settings/clearBrowserData
2. Select the following options:
   • Cookies and other site data
   • Cached images and files
3. Choose All Time from the drop-down menu labeled Time range.
4. Click Clear now.
5. Quit Edge and reopen the browser.

Opera

1. Enter the following in your address bar: opera://settings/clearBrowserData
2. Select the following options:
   • Cookies and other site data
   • Cached images and files
3. Choose All Time from the drop-down menu labeled Time range.
4. Click Clear data.
5. Quit Opera and reopen the browser.

Safari

1. Select Clear History... from the Safari menu.
2. Select All History from the drop-down list and click Clear History.
3. Quit Safari and restart the browser.