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Empty the cache of your web browser

Every web browser has a cache system, whether Google Chrome, Safari or Firefox. Without going into technical details, it speeds up the loading of your web pages by not downloading every file that makes them up each time.
Web pages therefore load faster thanks to this cache system. But caching has not only advantages when you make a website.

Why empty the cache?

Even though caching has countless advantages, there are also a few drawbacks. The cache can sometimes be "corrupted", meaning that wrong information has been saved. This causes malfunctions (a feature that fails, for example).

At other times, the fact that it is not updated can cause you problems. For example, you will have changed the colour of a text in your manager, and yet on your site its colour has not changed. This is probably a cache problem.

It is therefore essential, if only to give it a good clean, to empty the cache from time to time. And above all when you see strange behaviour on your website. The steps to empty the cache differ for each browser, so click the browser you use to go straight to the steps to follow.

Empty the cache of Google Chrome

Whatever the version of Google Chrome, the steps to empty the cache are fairly similar.

  1. First, click the Google Chrome menu button at the top right of your browser.
  2. Then go to More tools then Clear browsing data (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Delete).
  3. A window invites you to choose the time range. Choose All time with the selector at the top.
  4. Make sure the Cached images and files box is ticked (we advise ticking only this box).
  5. Click Clear data.
Empty the Google Chrome cache

Empty the cache of Firefox

The steps to empty the cache are similar for all versions of Firefox. However, some labels may change from one version to another.

  1. Start by clicking the Mozilla Firefox menu button at the top right of your browser.
  2. Then open the History menu, where you should find the Clear recent history option (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Delete).
  3. For the time range to clear, choose Everything to clear everything.
  4. Then click Details to tick only the Cache box.
  5. All that is left is to press the Clear Now button.
Empty the Firefox cache

Empty the cache of Microsoft Edge

  1. To start, click the Edge menu button at the top right of your browser.
  2. Then go to Settings then Privacy, search, and services. Then click Choose what to clear under Clear browsing data.
  3. Make sure the Cached images and files box is ticked (we advise ticking only this box).
  4. Click Clear now.
Empty the Microsoft Edge cache

Empty the cache of Safari

Mac version

Version 7 and earlier:

  1. Click the Safari menu at the top left of the screen.
  2. In the menu that opens, you should see the Empty Cache option. 
  3. A confirmation window opens; confirm the request.

Version 8 and later:

  1. Click the Safari menu at the top left of the screen.
  2. In the menu that opens, click Preferences then Advanced.
  3. Tick the "Show Develop menu in menu bar" box.
  4. Click Develop at the top of the screen.
  5. Click Empty Caches.

Windows version

  1. Click the Tools menu.
  2. Then choose the Reset Safari option.
  3. If necessary, tick the Empty the cache box.
  4. A confirmation window opens; confirm the request.
Empty the Safari cache

Empty the cache of Opera

  1. Start by clicking the Opera menu button at the top left of your browser.
  2. Then open the More tools menu, where you should find the Clear browsing data option (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Delete).
  3. For the time range to clear, choose the beginning of time to clear everything.
  4. Make sure the Cached images and files box is ticked (we advise ticking only this box).
  5. All that is left now is to press the Clear browsing data button.
Empty the Opera cache