4 Quick Ways to Clear Your Browser's Cache on an iPhone

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Clearing the cache on your iPhone can help improve any loading or connection issues. When you clear your cache, temporary files will be deleted. This can free up space and even maintain your online privacy. Here's how to clear your browser's cache on an iPhone.

Quick Steps

  1. Open Settings .
  2. Tap Safari .
  3. Tap Clear History and Website Data
  4. Tap All history .
  5. Tap Clear History .
Method 1
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Safari

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  1. This is a grey icon with gears that's likely on your iPhone's Home screen. If you don't see it there, you'll find it in your App Library.
    • This method will clear Safari's cache, cookies, and history . To keep your history, skip to the last step.
  2. It's the compass icon about a third of the way down the page.
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  3. You'll need to scroll down to find it; it's near the middle of the page.
    • A pop-up menu will open.
  4. This is the option at the bottom of the Clear Timeframe header.
    • If you continue, this will also clear the browsing history anywhere else you're signed in with the same Apple ID. This won't affect your saved passwords, addresses, or credit card info.
  5. Your cache and other browsing data is now removed.
  6. If you want to remove Safari's cache and cookies without deleting the history, do the following:
    • Open Settings .
    • Tap Safari .
    • Tap Advanced .
    • Tap Website Data .
    • Tap Remove All Website Data . [1]
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Google Chrome

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  1. It's a white icon with a red, green, yellow, and blue sphere inside.
    • If you sign in to Chrome using the same Google account you use on your iPhone, the browsing data you delete will be removed from there as well.
  2. It's the three horizontal dots at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This opens a menu.
  3. This is at the top of the pop-up menu. If you don't see it, swipe left on the apps to show more.
  4. This is the red link at the bottom-left corner of your browsing history.
  5. By default, the first three options ( Browsing History , Cookies, Site Data , and Cached Images and Files ) are all selected. The blue checkmark next to each option indicates that it's marked for deletion. To select another type of data for deletion, tap it so a blue checkmark appears.
    • If you only want to delete the cache, tap each other item that has a blue checkmark to remove its checkmark.
    • Avoid selecting "Saved Passwords" or "Autofill Data," as that will delete the passwords, addresses, and credit cards you've saved to Chrome .
  6. A confirmation will open.
  7. This removes the selected data.
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Firefox

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  1. Open the Firefox app. It's the orange fox encircling a purple globe.
  2. This is at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  3. It's at the bottom of the menu.
  4. You can find this underneath the Privacy header.
  5. To mark a type of data for deletion, make sure its corresponding slider is set to the On (blue) position. By default, all sliders are on/blue, with the exception of "Downloaded Files."
    • To delete the cache only, tap all of the other activated sliders to turn them off.
  6. It's the red link at the bottom of the screen. A confirmation message will appear, letting you know this action cannot be undone.
    • If you're signed in to Firefox with your Mozilla account, clearing your cache and other data will also delete that data everywhere you're signed in to Firefox.
  7. This deletes all of the selected information.
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Microsoft Edge

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  1. Open the Microsoft Edge app. It's the white icon with a blue and green wave inside.
  2. This is at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  3. You can find this at the top of the pop-up menu.
  4. This is at the top-right corner, next to Done .
  5. By default, the first three options ( Browsing history , Cookies and other site data , and Cached images and files ) are all selected. The blue checkmark next to each option indicates that it's marked for deletion. To select another type of data for deletion, tap it so a blue checkmark appears.
    • To delete only the cache, tap each other item that has a blue checkmark to remove its checkmark.
    • Avoid selecting "Passwords" or "Autofill form data," as that will delete the passwords, addresses, and credit cards you've saved to Edge.
  6. This is at the bottom of the page in red font.
    • If you're signed in to Edge with your Microsoft account, clearing your cache and other data will also delete that data everywhere you're signed in to Edge.
  7. This removes the selected data from Edge.
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    How do I free up memory on my iPhone?
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    You may free up memory by removing photos (including photos that are "deleted" but still on the phone), removing videos, deleting IM threads with photos, clearing the cache for music apps like Spotify and Google Play, and removing apps that you no longer need. Check on whatever is using the most storage on your iPhone by going to General and then to Storage. iOS will tell you what is using up the most space.
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    How do I completely clean out all my Google searches on my iPhone and all my activity?
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    Go into your history and click, "Clear Browsing Data," then choose what you want to delete.
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